A transatlantic flight diverted to Shannon Airport this afternoon after declaring a medical emergency over the Irish Sea.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight KML-171 was travelling from Amsterdam in The Netherlands to Willemstad on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao. There were 273 passengers and crew on board the Boeing 777-300(ER) jet.
The flight was north of Wales and about to route through Irish air space when the flight crew contacted air traffic controllers in Shannon to advise them they might need to divert to the Midwest airport.
