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Smoking Phone Diverts International Flight
What: American Airlines Boeing 767-300 flight AA199 en route from Milan to New York Where: Shannon When: Sept 13 2010 Who: 167 passengers Why: While the plane was en route, a passenger was charging his cell phone, which started overheating, which set off the fire alarm in the lavatory. The flight diverted to Shannon,... »
Cargo Plane with Engine Shut Down Diverts to Shannon’s Long Runway
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Andre Oferta What: Polet Aviakompania Antonov AN-124-100 en route from Goose Bay, Newfoundland, Canada to Frankfurt-Hahn Germany Where: North Atlantic When: August 14, 2010 Who: 6 member crew Why: 1,000km northwest of Ireland, the Antonov (world’s largest serially built cargo aircraft) developed oil pressure... »
Ill Alitalia Pilot Down in Shannon
Pictured: an Alitalia Boeing-767-3S1 Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Josh May What: Alitalia Boeing 767, travelling from Milan in Italy to New York’s JFK Where: Shannon Airport When: Wednesday April 15 2009 5 PM Who: 168 passengers and eleven crew Why: When the pilot became ill, the flight landed... »
Ryanair Emergency Landing at Shannon
What: Ryanair plane en route from the UK Where: Shannon Airport When: shortly before 4pm in the afternoon feb 15 Who: 177 passengers and crew Why: the pilot notified Shannon Airport control tower that it had a tire problem, performed a flyby to verify the condition of the landing gear, and then landed without... »
UA Emergency Landing in Shannon
What: United Airlines flight 952 en route from Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C. to Frankfurt in Germany Where: emergency landing at Shannon Airport. Shannon Airport is reducing from 280 staff to being manned by skeleton staff of fewer than five Aer Lingus ground personnel; but emergency services were deployed. When: Friday October 17... »
Emergency Landing in Shannon Ireland
What: Citation plane en route from Gander Airport in Newfoundland to La Bourgeois in Paris Where: emergency landing at Shannon airport When: Friday, 3 October 2008 Who: five people on board Why: hydraulic problems »
Emergency Landing: Aer Arann
What: Aer Arann flight 231 Where: Shannon Airport When: 29th April 2008 just after ten o’clock Who: 30 Passengers Why: Undisclosed technical »
