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THE CREW OF an executive jet flew low over the runway at Shannon Airport last night so that fire crews could check whether the plane’s landing gear had deployed.
The Gulfstream 5 jet, with one passenger and a crew of two on board, was traveling from Beverley Regional Airport in the US state of Massachusetts to Shannon.
The jet, registered to Florida based 1010 Aviation LLC, was on final approach to Shannon at around 11pm when the crew informed air traffic controllers of an issue when they tried to lower the landing gear.
The pilot confirmed that their cockpit instruments indicated that the right main was not down and locked. The crew aborted their landing and climbed again before entering a holding pattern while they went through their checklists.
Soon afterwards the crew requested permission to carry out a low approach and go-around. This involved flying low over the runway and repositioning for a second approach to land.
As part of airport emergency procedures, the HSE, local authority fire service and gardaí were alerted. An ambulance and two units of Shannon fire brigade were mobilised to the airport.
Fire crews took up positions close to the edge of the runway so they could carry out a visual inspection as the jet carried out the low fly pass. Crews on the ground confirmed the landing gear appeared to be down however they could not say whether it was locked into position.
After the low fly pass, the crew positioned for another approach but had also considered diverting to Dublin if weather conditions at Shannon were unfavourable.
The flight landed safely at 11.50pm and was pursued along the runway by airport fire crews who remained with the jet until it reached its parking position.
Engineers were due to investigate the issue which is thought to have been caused by a faulty indicator light.
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How did you manage to turn a faulty light bulb story into such a long article.
@Nick Allen: this is the journal
@Nick Allen: I thought it was interesting. But then again I would…
@Nick Allen: Well Nick, after the who ha I’ve just had the last month over a faulty ABS light, I can assure you one article is very manageable
@Nick Allen: This is why it’s significant: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_401
Am I going to be the first with a Father Ted reference?
Great to see shannon being used for something other than a stopover for terrorists
@jon-boy55:
If you would like to see more examples then just pop down to Shannon any day of the week and you can watch all the commercial flights come and go.
@Nick Allen: Yep. 96.2% of “plane movements” in Shannon were civilian last year. ~19,000 civilian v 720 military. In terms of passenger numbers: 48,000 troops v 1,700,000 civilians. (2016)
@Honeybadger197:
interesting numbers. The average number of passengers per military aircraft is 66.6, I am sure people will read something into that
@Nick Allen: Haven’t seen Frank in a while…
@jon-boy55: Great place Shannon-supporting thousands of jobs-only terrorists who threatened that were Daly and Wallace.
@Declan Hegarty: they allowing terrorist fly by themselves now. In a gulf stream. Jesus the US are sound. Did he have to pinky promise not to escape.
@Nick Allen: all the commercial flights. And how many passengers does Shannon carry. Em very little. Come to one of Europe’s top 15 busiest airports Dublin for plane spotting
@TheBluffmaster2: oh sorry i didnt realise shannon supported so many jobs. In that case we should allow more american soldiers to stopover on their way to murdering children, as long as theres jobs in it for us we should just ignore the babys blood and guts all over our disgusting hands
@Nick Allen: Ask Mick Wallace and Clare Daily about Shannon and the planes that land there.
@jon-boy55: Please note that the figure for military flights is from the following countries: Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Cote D’Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Gabon, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA, Vietnam,Yemen.
@jon-boy55: your over reacting is staggering.No American soldier sets out to murder children-I suggest you attend anger management classes as soon as possible.
@Honeybadger197: I do miss Frank. He was old school Journal crazy. Not like the ones we have today. Shame.
Thank God they landed safe. It has to be taken seriously.
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