Jump In Unscheduled Landings At Shannon Airport

Shannon Airport experienced an increase in unscheduled landings and aircraft emergencies last year.

A bomb alert was among the reasons for the 130 diversions to Shannon in 2018, as Clare FM’s James Mulhall reports:

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The 130 incidents at Shannon across 2018 is up from 113 the previous year, marking a 15% increase.

Most of these, however, were non-emergency diversions.

The Midwest airport handled eight declared aircraft emergencies last year, up from five in 2017.

The more serious incidents included a bomb alert; smoke or odour on board and smoke or fire alarms.

A total of seven aircraft diverted with ‘technical issues’ compared to 24 in 2017 while there was also a decrease in medical emergencies – they were down to 16 in 2018 from 24 the previous year.

The most serious incident involved a flight from Florida to the UK that diverted after smoke was detected on board.

A total of 30 passengers had to be assessed by paramedics after the flight made an emergency landing at Shannon however none required hospitalisation.

Meanwhile, there were 95 occasions on which aircraft made non-emergency unscheduled landings at Shannon.

These included flights that diverted because of weather at other airports or due to other airport being closed.