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Transatlantic flight makes emergency landing at Shannon Airport

Jonathan Duane
Jonathan Duane

03:42 23 May 2018


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A United Airlines flight has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport this afternoon.

Flight UA-17 was travelling from Heathrow to Newark in the US.

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216 passenger and crew were on board at the time when the crew reported a pressurisation issue.

Permission was then requested and grandted to divert to Shannon Airport.

The plane landed safely just before 2pm.


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