Passenger Jet Makes Emergency Landing In Shannon

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A transatlantic passenger flight has diverted to Shannon Airport this afternoon after the crew declared an emergency shortly after take-off.

United Airlines flight UA-37 departed from Edinburgh in Scotland shortly after 11.00am bound for Newark, New Jersey in the US.

It’s understood the Boeing 767-400(ER) jet suffered pressurisation problems after take-off. There were 252 passengers and crew on board.

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The flight crew requested clearance to divert to Shannon Airport and was quickly cleared to do so. The flight rerouted to Shannon where emergency procedures were being put in place on the ground.

That plan included alerting the local authority fire service, HSE and National Ambulance Service (NAS) and An Garda Síochána.

Units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service from Shannon and Ennis stations along with a number of NAS resources were mobilised to the airport as support to Shannon’s own Airport Fire and Rescue Service.

The flight landed safely at 12.05pm.

Engineers are investigating the cause of the problem while a comment is awaited from the airline.

A United Airlines spokesperson confirmed: “Our team at Shannon Airport is providing assistance to customers of United flight 37 (Edinburgh-New York/Newark) which diverted to Shannon Airport to address a technical issue. Our maintenance team is currently inspecting the aircraft which is currently scheduled to depart from Shannon for New York/Newark at 2:00 pm (local time) today. We apologise to our customers for the inconvenience caused.”