Ryanair flight to Marrakech makes emergency landing in Malaga due to medical issue

A Ryanair flight traveling from the French city of Perpignan to Marrakech was forced to make an emergency landing on Sunday at Málaga Airport in southern Spain following a medical emergency involving one of the passengers.

According to air traffic controllers, the crew of the Boeing 737, operated by Malta Air, requested an urgent route change after a passenger suffered health complications mid-flight. The aircraft had departed Perpignan at 4:15 p.m. local time.

The crew of the flight from France to Morocco informed us of the need to divert to #Málaga to urgently attend to a passenger with medical problems.
We facilitated a continuous descent and priority approach to runway 31.
Meanwhile, they… pic.twitter.com/25RsPYDzZA

— ?Air Traffic Controllers ?? (@controladores) November 2, 2025

The plane landed with priority clearance around 6:00 p.m., activating the airport’s emergency protocol. Medical teams were immediately dispatched to the runway and transferred the passenger to a hospital for treatment.