An Aer Lingus flight has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport in the last few minutes, after the crew reported a problem with an engine.
Flight EI-145 had just departed Dublin en route to Los Angeles when the crew reported the problem. There are 252 passengers and a crew of 16 on board.
The crew of the Airbus A330-200 jet diverted towards Shannon, after reporting an issue with one of the aircraft’s two engines.
The crew shut down the engine and the aircraft circled over the Shannon Estuary to burn off fuel.
The airport’s own fire and rescue service was on stand by for the aircraft while units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service from Shannon Town were also sent to the airport along with ambulances from Ennis and Limerick.
Additional units of the fire brigade from Ennis were sent to a designated holding point at Dromoland in case they might be required.
Inside the last ten minutes, the aircraft landed safely.
The jet stopped on the runway so fire crews could carry out a visual inspection of the engine.
Once it was confirmed there was no fire, the jet continued to the terminal.
