The runway at Shannon Airport was closed for almost two hours this afternoon after a business aircraft suffered a burst tyre on landing.
The single-engine Pilatus PC-12 turbo-prop plane was left disabled on the runway after landing at around midday.
The left side main landing gear tyre burst on landing but the plane was brought to a safe stop by the crew. The runway however was left closed while the plane remained disabled.
One inbound aircraft, a Ryanair flight from Kaunas, had to divert to Dublin while the aircraft was left disabled on the runway
After almost two hours on the runway, the incident aircraft was towed onto a nearby taxiway where it was parked until the blown tyre could be replaced.
Operations at Shannon returned to normal immediately after the runway had been cleared.
A spokesperson for Shannon Group confirmed: “An aircraft on landing experienced a technical difficulty today resulting in the runway at Shannon Airport having to be closed for approximately 90 minutes. The aircraft was removed from the runway at 2.06pm and the runway has since reopened. A flight from Kaunas due to land at Shannon was diverted to Dublin during the period of the closure.”
