Emergency services are standing by at Shannon Airport for an aircraft due around now (2.00pm).
The United Airlines jet has been burning off aviation fuel for the past two hours after the crew reported a problem shortly after taking off from Belfast.
Flight UA-76 was on its way to Newark in the US when the issue arose. It’s understood the crew reported a possible problem with the aircrafts landing gear.
Authorities at Shannon have implemented emergency procedures which includes alerting the statutory emergency services, including local authority fire service, ambulance service and An Garda.
The aircraft has been flying up and down the west coast burning off fuel before commencing an approached to Shannon.
It's expected the crew will carry out a low fly past over the runway to allow air traffic controllers to carry out a visual inspection of the landing gear from the tower.
