Two Ryanair incidents in 24 hours

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Motor problems forces landing at Barcelona on Bristol-Reus flight · Tenerife flight forced to land at Madrid Barajas

SPAIN The Spanish media is full of these two incidents, which happened over the weekend. Just a few days ago, Ryanair's boss, the quotable Michael O'Leary, said that there were no more problems at Ryanair than anywhere else (See our Is Ryanair's cost-cutting dangerous?) and in any case, his airline's jurisdiction was in Ireland, not in Spain. In other words, he takes orders from his home turf, not to where his airline flies. On this subject, (you will soon be unable to read the rest of items like this unless you subscribe)

Is Spain the next domino to fall if Italy goes? No, it will be the whole world

SPAIN (El País / Claudi Pérez)  "It is the end of a nightmare," says the writer Umberto Eco about Silvio Berlusconi's departure. But it is not the only solution to the Italian problem. In fact, it could be the beginning of a worse nightmare. Why did Italy reach the point of no return? Didn't the European Union have a definitive solution? Who will be next? Will the euro disappear forever? The markets have made it clear: if Berlusconi did not go, there would be disaster. His vague resignation is not the real answer either, but at least it gives the Italians some breathing room to look for better solutions. Despite what was said at the last EU summit, there isn't enough money now in the European rescue plan for a Roman bailout. Only the ECB, using its power and flexing some muscle, can help prevent Italy from going bankrupt if things don't calm down by the departure of Berlusconi. The contagion effects of an Italian crisis would be 15 times more catastrophic than Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy.>>>