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Ryanair ‘may have used' crash jet

The jet that crashed into the sea off Lebanon killing 90 might have been used by Ryanair in Dublin. By Shelley Marsden - 27/01/10

The Irish airline confirmed that it was highly likely that the Ethiopian Airlines plane was operating out of Dublin before being sold to a US bank, which in turn leased the plane to Ethiopian Airlines.

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary, however, said: “It's a bit like you selling your car and 11 months later the new person driving it has a crash. It had nothing to do with us

Lebanon's transportation minister said yesterday the pilot flew in the opposite direction from the path the control tower recommended him to after take-off from Beirut.

Transport minister Ghazi Aridi said the pilot initially followed the tower's advice. “They asked him to correct his path but he did a very fast and strange turn before disappearing completely from the radar,” Mr Aridi said.

Ryanair operates over 200 Boeing 737-800s similar to the one that crashed.

A spokesperson said: “Ryanair confirms that the Boeing 737-800 series aircraft (number 29935) was sold to US bank CIT bank in May 2009 — nine months ago.”