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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Pat Flynn

Rescue vehicles line Shannon Airport runway as private jet makes emergency landing amid fire fears

Emergency services including water based search and rescue crews were placed on standby early Friday morning after a private jet made an emergency at Shannon Airport.

The Dassault Falcon 900 jet was travelling from Pittsburgh in the United States to Cologne in Germany at the time. While the jet was west of Ireland the crew reported a ‘fire indication’ on board and requested clearance to divert to Shannon Airport.

Air traffic controllers at Shannon implemented emergency procedures which involved alerting the local authority fire service. Units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service from Shannon and Ennis stations responded to Shannon in support of the airport’s own fire and rescue service.

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