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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Cormac O'Shea

Aer Lingus flight carrying Taoiseach turns back after engine issue minutes into journey

An Aer Lingus flight carrying Taoiseach Micheal Martin and dozens of other passengers to New York has had to turn back minutes into its journey.

Flight EI107 was headed for New York JFK airport and departed Dublin shortly after 5pm but was back less than an hour later after an issue with one of the engines.

Flight radar apps show the plane turned back over Ballina in Co Mayo.

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