Monday, October 5, 2009

N347AN / AAL 41 in medical diversion


N347AN on finals to Shannon's R24 this afternoon.
This afternoon's American Airlines flight AAL41 from Paris Charles deGaulle to Chicago O'Hare diverted into Shannon with a sick passenger. The flight was west of Shannon but turned back to land on R24 at 14:56 utc. One unit of the Shannon Airport Fire and Rescue service was on hand to monitor brake temperatures as the aircraft, B767-323ER N347AN taxied to stand 37 where it was met by a doctor and ambulance. The aircraft departed Shannon again at 17:08 utc. Today's diversion was the second AAL in less than a week, the company's flight AAL132 having diverted into Shannon on Friday morning last.

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