A woman has been taken to hospital after she fell ill on a transatlantic flight that diverted to Shannon Airport this afternoon.
ITA Airways flight AZ-608 departed Rome’s Fiumicino Airport at around 9.40am destined for JFK Airport in New York. There were 278 passengers and a crew of 13 on board.
At around 12.15pm, when the Airbus A330-900 jet was about 180 kilometres off south coast the crew turned and began to route towards Shannon. The crew reported they had a female passenger on board who had fallen ill.
Authorities at Shannon Airport were alerted about the unscheduled landing while the National Ambulance Service was contacted and requested to dispatch resources to the airport.
The flight landed safely at 12.52pm and was met at the terminal by ground crews and ambulance paramedics.
The passenger was assessed at the airport before being transported to hospital for further treatment.
The flight continued its journey to New York at 2.15pm.
