The jet Ryanair was forced to make an emergency landing in France

Arctic explorer Pen Hadow and his family were to die among the dozens of British tourists, who they are, when the jet Ryanair, in which they were riding, was forced to make an emergency landing in France last night.

Sixteen people were hospitalized and treated with ear problems after the plane en route from England to Spain, forced to Limoges International Airport in western countries like France "precautionary measure" after the loss of cabin pressure.

Mr Hadow, who was the first man, alone, without any support from the northern coast of Canada to the North Pole on foot in 2003, was aboard the flight from Bristol to Barcelona Girona, and his wife Maria and her son and daughter.

She said that the loud noise, as the cabin pressure dropped and there was no "sudden drop in temperature and flow of cold air, when the plane crashed.

"You think to yourself: God, there is a hole in the plane?" It's really like someone the door to the rear of the plane feel, "he said.

Mr Hadow, whose son was one of those taken to hospital, said the number of oxygen masks in the plane failed, and many of the passengers appeared shocked.

"I would say, some people thought that he would die - so scared. A woman is sitting on the seat in front of us complained, he said.

He said that some people with relief when the plane landed safely crying, others clapping.

A spokesman for Ryanair said that the team after the correct procedures.

Confirms that Ryanair FR9336 of Bristol called the airport to Barcelona Girona airport on 25 August of the accident to perform during the flight using the oxygen masks on board, "he said.

"As a precaution the captain descended and diverted the aircraft to Limoges airport around 23.30 hours local French.

"All 168 passengers landed safely after landing. A total of 16 passengers were transferred together with 5 accompanying family members, at their request to a local hospital complaining of pain in his ears."

Press said, spare passengers the plane in Spain this morning.

And the fear of a second passenger in a week for low-cost airline based in Dublin. Last Friday, a live cartridge gun according to one passenger on board the aircraft was removed prior to separation from Dublin airport. The plane was immediately evacuated.

It also comes in the midst of a difficult time for the aviation industry.

Last week's Spanair jet bound for families with a holiday in the Canary Islands crashes, when I was sent, killing 154 people aboard, and seriously wounded the 18th

And in Australia, Qantas's largest airlines are having problems with the Boeing 747 flight from London to Melbourne was forced to make an emergency landing in Manila last month after an oxygen cylinder exploded in the center of the air, ripped mass suspension Hull's largest passenger aircraft. None of the 346 passengers and 19 crew members were injured.