A transatlantic jet diverted to Shannon Airport early this morning, after a passenger was reported to have fallen seriously ill.
A transatlantic jet diverted to Shannon Airport early this morning, after a passenger was reported to have fallen seriously ill.
It's the fourth diversion that authorities have dealt with at the MidWest facility over the holiday period.
British Airways flight BA-206 was travelling from Miami to London around 5 o'clock this morning, when crew declared a medical emergency.
The aircraft was met by National Ambulance Service paramedics and a doctor when it landed just before 6 o'clock, and the patient was transferred to University Hospital Limerick for treatment.
This morning's diversion was the fourth that authorities at Shannon have dealt with over the holiday period.
On Christmas Eve, a 10-year-old died on a flight from Toronto to London that diverted to Shannon, while on Christmas Day an EL AL flight from Israel to the US was forced to make an unscheduled landing, after a woman suffered a suspected miscarriage.
On St Stephens Day, an Open Skies flight from New York to Paris diverted to the mid-west airport so that passengers could use the toilet facilities – the crew reported that the jet's toilets were 'unserviceable'.
