Ryanair denies safety breaches uncovered by Channel 4
Ryanair has denied almost all of the safety and security breaches uncovered at the airline by two reporters working for the Channel 4 Dispatches programme.
The pair infiltrated the airline and secretly recorded its training programme and flights over a period of five years.
The results of their investigation, broadcast last night, highlighted a string of security and safety breaches, including failure to conduct proper safety training, failure to check passengers' passports, failure to check safety equipment and cabin crews falling asleep on the job.
Workers at the airline were also filmed complaining about being overworked, with one pilot saying he feared being fired if he refused to work because he was too tired.
In a statement issued last night, Ryanair claimed it had produced factual evidence to disprove all the main allegations made by the programme and that the Civil Aviation Authority in Britain and the Irish Aviation Authority had both concluded that there was no substance to the claims.
The Irish airline said the programme had only uncovered "a couple of isolated examples of minor breaches of Ryanair's own policies and procedures" which would be fully investigated in time.
