Ryanair Storm Reroute Ends in Nine-Hour Return (paddleyourownkanoo.com)

Ryanair flight FR-2954 left Alicante at 6:36 pm on October 24 for a two-hour hop to Newquay but diverted to Dublin after 71 mph winds from Storm Austen prevented a landing. A planned repositioning to Bristol also failed, and the aircraft landed back in Alicante at 2:16 am Sunday, about nine hours after departure. Ryanair based the plane in Alicante, and because the weather is an extraordinary circumstance, passengers are not owed UK or EU 261 delay compensation, though meals, refreshments and overnight hotels are still required.