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HomeBreaking NewsUnited Airlines plane diverts to Shannon with engine trouble

United Airlines plane diverts to Shannon with engine trouble

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A TRANSATLANTIC jet has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport after suffering an engine problem off the south coast this morning.

This is the second time in less than a fortnight that a United Airlines flight travelling from the U.S. to Europe was forced to make an emergency diversion to Shannon.

This morning, a United Airlines flight UA-52 was travelling from Washington in the United States to Zurich, Switzerland with 126 passengers and crew on board.

Shortly after 5am, as the Boeing 767-300 jet was passing south of Ireland, the crew declared an emergency reporting an issue with the aircraft’s left engine.

As the flight was rerouting towards Shannon, emergency procedures were being implemented at the airport.

Units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service from Shannon and Enns stations were mobilised to the Shannon in support of the airport’s own fire and rescue crews. National Ambulance Service paramedics and Gardaí were also dispatched to the scene as part of the emergency plan.

Emergency services on the runway attend the plane.

Airport and local authority fire crews took up positions at designated holding points adjacent to the runway in advance of the jet’s arrival. The flight landed safely at 5.42am and was pursued along the runway by fire crews.

On March 28, United Airlines flight 134 from Newark to Zurich diverted to Shannon suffering an engine failure over the Atlantic. It later emerged that the jet’s right engine had suffered damage in the incident.

The Air Accident Investigation Unit later confirmed that a team of inspectors had been sent to Shannon to carry out a preliminary examination of that incident.

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