Thursday, August 13, 2009

Continental's N76054 diverts to Shannon on medical emergency

Today's Continental Airlines flight COA 61 operated by B767-424ER registered N76054 routing Brussels to Newark diverted to Shannon after a male passenger became ill. The flight was west of Ireland when the crew declared emergency, electing to divert to Shannon. The aircraft landed on R24 at 11.51 utc with the Shanon Airport Fire and Rescue service in attendance. The aircraft departed again at approximately 14.20 utc. Pictured above N76054 is seen on finals to Shannon, making a low approach due to the high landing weight.

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