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A TRANSATLANTIC JET has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport after the crew reported a possible fire on board.
American Airlines flight AA-104 was travelling from New York to London when the crew declared a May-Day emergency at around 7.30am. There were 119 passengers and crew on board.
The crew of the Boeing 777-200 jet advised air traffic controllers they had a “fire indication” in one of the cargo holds. The crew confirmed they had activated the internal fire extinguishers as a precaution.
The Boeing in question is a different model to the 737 MAX 8 aircraft involved in the recent Ethiopian Airlines disaster.
Authorities at Shannon implemented emergency procedures which involved alerting the external statutory agencies to respond to support the airport’s own fire and rescue crews.
Units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service were mobilised from Shannon Town and Ennis stations while the National Ambulance Service and An Garda Síochána also dispatched multiple resources.
The Irish Coast Guard was also informed of the emergency and lifeboats based at Fenit, Kilrush and the Aran Islands were placed on standby as a precaution.
The crew told controllers that the fire alarm was in the aft (rear) cargo hold but suspected it was probably a “false indication”.
The flight landed safely at 8.42am and was quickly followed along the runway by emergency vehicles which then surrounded the plane.
The pilot requested that fire crews use thermal imaging equipment to carry out an external inspection of the fuselage to see whether there was any indication of heat of fire.
Once it had been confirmed there was no indication of a fire, the aircraft the was able to taxi to the terminal where a further investigation of the issue was carried out.
It’s not yet clear when the passengers will continue their journey.
With reporting from Sean Murray
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When I “ran away” as a young fella, it was just down the fields at that back of the house!
Me too – always managed to see a way of forgiving the parents just as the spuds were coming ready too… :-)
@ Ted.. Ha! Ha! Me too!!
I got the bus
Ha some adventure.
He ran away in style :)
Not a bad car to be running away in. Why do we call it running away when he drove.
One hell of a road trip for a 13 year old. Musta been well pissed with the parentals.
His parents sound like right stinge-bags – “they confiscated his mobile phone as a punishment for topping up its credit without their consent”, especially as they a merc so clearly aren’t stuck for a bit of cash. Can’t blame him for wanting to get away.
Maybe they were trying to instil financial responsibility in him? You can be rich and responsible.
He was only topping up his phone ! I wish my kids would top up their own phones
Im guessing you dont have children michael? I would want to know exactly what my child was spending on their phone and what they were using it for, especially now that they all have net access..and as for the car..a merc doesnt mean they are automatically loaded..you can buy a 5 yr old merc for less than a passat or avensis..I just bought one! ;)
My mate bought a Merc for 2000 euro the other day and then on the same day he topped up his phone with 20 euro, sure he is as loaded as this Italian family i would say.
Evidently they did not want to “spoil” the child and Mercedes-Benz are so much cheaper in Europe…
Jimmy’ll have it
Now that has to made into a movie! Kids a genius!
His name isn’t Ferris Bueller is it?
I feel sorry for him :/
Next time, sell the Merc and get a plane ticket
So close yet so far! Hope this kid gets to see his sister! But he’ll be probably grounded for eternity instead!
Poor child he’s obviously not happy and is missing his sister, they sound not to nice fir gods sake he was only topping up his phone hardly a crime now, hope the social workers look into this case he doesn’t seem very happy anyway !
That’s their own fault for teaching a kid how to drive.
Am sure there are a lot of underlying issues behind this. The main thing is the young person is safe but his unhappiness needs to be addressed. May just be teen angst though. He’s adopted now so social workers will be afforded very little influence over parenting.
I like the way the journal says Mercedes… As if it would not have been news worthy had he stolen a Fiat Punto *chuckles*
No one steals Puntos.. I hope. I love mine!
It’s much better to have an accident in an S-class than a punto!
He could of bought his own punto with his €200. Less trouble from his parents.
That Kid sure has some Drive in him.
Seriously though, it must have been an extremely worrying time for his Parents.
Who knows what the outcome could have been for all concerned.
Usually they travel in the opposite direction ..
And are driving large BMWs…
Well at least he drove s merc.
‘Drives across Europe’
I drove from Spain. To Portugal last week
I drove across Europe
Are you 13 too?
The picture is shutterstock ! Kid prob had a Fiat & credit was a major financial issue. Eitherway each to their own parental style.
Still class though! What would if happened had he got into Poland? Ha ha crazy kid hope my 8yo doesn’t get any ideas !!
I “ran away” once. I hid in an evergreen tree in the back garden for a few hours and eventually returned home because i was hungry.The mother didn’t even notice…
Jesus! He got quite far.
Some story to tell his grandkids in years to come…..
There isn’t necessarily anything more sinister going on here besides a 13 year old who didn’t listen to his parents and was therefore punished for it. Does no one else remember being an over dramatic teenager? We were all miserable! I’m sure I would have taken the car to run away at 13 if my dad didn’t keep them in his pocket.
“Driving along in my automobile”… very inappropriate photo heading for a runaway story.
Lieutenant kill the craic, more like!
Major Buzzkill!
Maybe it just me but if a foreign news site put in place a headline designed to be amusing when my child had run away and put his and other people’s lives at risk I would take it fairly seriously.
Mario Balotelli.
i can’t believe the Mercedes made it that far!!!
Why?
We’ve all done it.
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