A member of the United States military is recovering in a Limerick hospital after he suffered a fit on a flight that diverted to Shannon Airport this morning.
The crew of the transatlantic passenger jet declared a medical emergency at around 12.30am today. The Atlas Air Boeing 747-400 jet was travelling from a US military air base at Ramstein in Germany to Baltimore in the United States at the time.
There were 271 passengers and crew on board the flight which is understood to have been transporting US military personnel.