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Wed 12 Dec 2006Passengers irate over delayed Ryanair flightDozens of Ryanair passengers left stranded in France on Christmas Eve because of fog finally arrived in Ireland yesterday, but expressed anger and dissatisfaction with the airline after missing Christmas Day with their families.Ryanair flight 1153 eventually landed at Shannon airport at 4pm yesterday. The flight should have arrived on Sunday afternoon but was grounded in Carcassonne in the south of France because of the weather. Several Ryanair flights, including services to Shannon, Dublin and Brussels, were cancelled because of the weather; however some other flights did manage to take off.