A transatlantic holiday flight has been diverted to Shannon Airport this morning after a passenger was reported to have suddenly fallen ill.
The Thomson Airways flight was travelling from Cancun to Glasgow when crew declared a medical emergency.
Thomson Airways flight TOM-729 was travelling from Cancun in Mexico to Glasgow around 5 o'clock this morning, when when the crew declared a medical emergency.
The Boeing 787-800 jet was several hundred kilometres south west of Ireland when crew told controllers that they wished to divert and land at Shannon and requested an ambulance be on standby for their arrival.
The flight landed safely shortly after 5.30am and was escorted to the terminal.
The passenger was assessed on board the aircraft before being removed to University Hospital Limerick for treatment.
The flight continued its journey again at 7.20am.
