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Plane Diverts In Shannon Following Engine Failure

A plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport this afternoon due to an engine failure.

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Four units from the Shannon Fire Brigade and two units from Ennis were dispatched to the incident, which happened just after 12.00.

The United Airlines plane which was travelling from Houston to Munich with 111 passengers and crew on board has now landed safely.

It's the second emergency landing at the airport in as many days. 

Yesterday a Royal Jordanian flight was en route from Chicago to Amman when it was forced to land at Shannon airport due to a medical emergency.

The plane was met by ambulance and medical staff on arrival at the airport.

A Jordanian national in his sixties, was pronounced dead a short time later and his body was transferred to University Hospital Limerick for a post-mortem examination.

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