FOUR passengers are reported to have collapsed during a Ryanair flight which saw cabin crew administering CPR in the aisles.

About an hour in to a three-hour journey from Budapest to Edinburgh on January 31, a number of passengers aboard the Ryanair flight began to lose consciousness, causing widespread panic in the cabin.

Four people are believed to have fainted in their seats, one of which was a 17-year-old who needed CPR.

It was initially feared that there was an issue with the amount of oxygen in the cabin and flight attendants were quick to wheel out large oxygen tanks to help stricken passengers.

Following the flight however, a Ryanair spokesperson emphasised that there was no fault with the aircraft, despite reports that the fire alarm was going off as passengers boarded the plane.


Medical assistance was requested upon landing, and those who collapsed were treated as soon as the flight came to a stop.

Traumatised passenger Shaun Pinkerton (27), who passed out during the ordeal, spoke to the Scottish Sun about what he described as "the flight from hell".

"I was knocked out and needed an oxygen mask," he said.

"There was something seriously wrong with that flight. The fire alarm was going off while we were boarding but the flight took off as planned.


"We got up in the sky and about an hour in the first person collapsed. She was only 17 and needed CPR.

"Then the second person went down, then me, and then a fourth.

"There were people standing in aisles giving CPR and they had huge oxygen tanks out. I was knocked out and needed an oxygen mask. Then I went into shock and was total shaking."

Mr Pinkerton says the experience has left him terrified to fly again, adding that he's filed a formal complaint to the airline, demanding compensation.

"Everyone was panicking and we still don't really know what happened," he continued.

"It makes you not want to fly again. It was the flight from hell.

"I'm due to go to Poland in three weeks, and Madrid three weeks after that but I don't want to step foot on a plane ever again. It was like something out of a movie."