A major multi-agency emergency operation, also involving an RNLI lifeboat, was put in place in Co Clare on Tuesday morning for a cargo aircraft which declared a Mayday over the Atlantic.
The Cargolux Boeing 747-400(ER) jet, which was travelling from Miami in the US to Amsterdam in the Netherlands, was about an hour west of Ireland when the crew declared a Mayday reporting a possible fire in a hold. There were three crew on board.
Once the crew of flight CV-92F had notified air traffic controllers here of their emergency, a major multi-agency response was mounted at Shannon involving the airport’s own fire and rescue service; local authority fire service, National Ambulance Service and gardai. The Irish Coast Guard and RNLI were also alerted.
