Ryanair eased fellow fliers' worries on Friday night after videos and pictures emerging from Dublin Airport showed what one person described as "eight fire appliances" rushing to a plane on the runway.
One Twitter user took to social media to say that there was "something going down in Dublin Airport".
His tweet was followed by videos of sirens flashing on the runway with "eight fire appliances" coming to the aid of a Ryanair flight.
This led to some confusion and concern on social media and in the Airport as people feared the worst.
However, both Ryanair and the Dublin Airport Authority (daa) confirmed to Dublin Live that the surge of emergency services at the scene is common practice.
A spokeswoman for Ryanair said: "The crew of this flight from Faro to Dublin (22 Nov) detected a minor technical issue with the aircraft.
"In line with procedures, the crew notified ATC and the aircraft landed normally at Dublin Airport. Please note the presence of fire engines is a standard precautionary measure."
A spokeswoman for daa added: "A Ryanair aircraft was coming into land with a technical issue, as per standard operating procedures the airport’s emergency services were in attendance."
She concluded: "The aircraft subsequently landed safely."
