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Monday 4 December 2023 Dublin: 3°C

# Diversion

This year
2023
Mexico flight diverted to Shannon Airport after medical emergency
The patient was later transported to University Hospital Limerick for treatment.
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Jun 25th 2023, 5:37 PM
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Diversion of Ryanair flight to Belarus breached ‘all international aviation rules’, O'Leary says
The plane changed course to head for the Belarus capital Minsk escorted by a MiG fighter jet.
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Jun 15th 2021, 12:40 PM
Transatlantic flight forced to divert to Shannon over 'abusive passenger'
The flight crew requested to divert to Dublin Airport to have a male passenger “off-loaded”.
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Jun 20th 2019, 10:24 PM
Five people taken to hospital after flight diverts to Shannon over reports of smoke in cockpit
The flight was travelling from Germany to Mexico with 337 passengers and crew on board.
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Feb 6th 2019, 10:41 PM
Drunk passenger tries to divert Russian plane to Afghanistan forcing emergency landing
He said he wanted to go to Afghanistan.
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Jan 23rd 2019, 7:55 AM
Gardaí satisfied there was no threat to plane with 'bomb note' in bathroom
Passengers on the aircraft diverted to Shannon were asked to provide handwriting samples as part of the investigation.
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Jun 12th 2018, 12:59 PM
Russia says Skripal poisoning is in UK's benefit as it is distracting from Brexit
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the British had “lost their sense of reality”.
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Apr 2nd 2018, 12:57 PM
Transatlantic flight forced to divert to Shannon Airport after captain fell ill
The plane was travelling from Florida to Copenhagen at the time.
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Jan 24th 2018, 2:25 PM
London-bound flight diverted over 'suspicious conversation'
Federal police evacuated the 151 passengers down emergency slides.
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Jun 11th 2017, 10:35 AM
Flight diverts to Shannon after a passenger dies on board
Last Monday, an 88-year-old man also died on a flight that was diverted to Shannon.
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May 13th 2017, 1:09 PM
Flight from Dublin diverted to military base over 'security threat onboard'
The flight, bound for Abu Dhabi, departed Dublin yesterday morning.
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Feb 11th 2017, 5:09 PM
Flight diverted to Shannon over medical emergency... for fourth time in a week
An elderly lady who was travelling with family was found to be unresponsive on board the Barbados-bound flight.
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Dec 31st 2016, 1:48 PM
Passenger taken to hospital after flight makes emergency landing at Shannon Airport
Air Canada flight AC895 was travelling from Milan to Toronto when it was forced to make the landing.
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Sep 29th 2016, 6:29 PM
CityJet flight to Dublin forced to make emergency landing due to engine trouble
The flight from London to Dublin was forced to divert to London Stansted.
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Jun 28th 2016, 11:25 AM
These new symbols will direct motorists when the M50 is closed after an accident
The symbols will be added to existing road signs and will direct people along the correct diversion.
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May 11th 2016, 3:00 PM
Report that mental health funding to be diverted to "more politically sensitive" areas condemned
The College of Psychiatrists of Ireland and Mental Health Reform have expressed their “dismay”.
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Apr 18th 2016, 2:22 PM
Ryanair flight diverted after plane hit bird
The airline has apologised for the delay.
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Apr 1st 2016, 7:39 PM
Woman in her 80s detained after flight forced to divert to Shannon Airport
The woman is in Shannon Garda Station.
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Apr 10th 2015, 10:11 PM
Elderly people "left stranded" after Dublin Bus change Clondalkin route due to stone-throwing
Dublin Bus says the diversion was caused by vandals throwing stones at the bus.
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Aug 26th 2014, 5:26 PM
Drunken Scots force diversion of Ibiza-bound Ryanair flight
“They thought they had already arrived in Ibiza,” a police spokesman said, after the plane from Glasgow was forced to land at Beauvais airport in France.
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Sep 18th 2013, 6:51 PM
Dublin Airport back to normal after diverted flight caused disruption
A flight from London to Boston had to make an emergency landing at Dublin Airport after a technical problem.
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Aug 4th 2012, 10:41 AM
Transatlantic flight diverted to Shannon after ‘smell of smoke’ on board
The British Airways flight resumed its journey to Chicago in the early hours of this morning.
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Jan 25th 2012, 11:05 AM