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Shannon Airport Thread [Mod Warning in First Post]
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Man dies as jet diverted to Shannon after two passengers suffer heart attacks (Independent)
Alitalia flight AZ-610 was about 100 kilometres west of Co Clare airport (29th April) when the crew declared an emergency and diverted to Shannon.
The flight was on route from Rome to New York at the time. Paramedics and a doctor were standing by on the ground for the flight when it touched down just after 5.30pm this evening.
The deceased man, believed to be in his 70's, was pronounced dead at the scene. The second passenger was taken to University Hospital Limerick for treatment but is reported to be in a stable condition.
That's sad news!
US military plane in fuel leak emergency (Clare Herald)
A US military transport plane made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport yesterday (24th April) after the crew reported they had suffered a fuel leak over the Atlantic.
The flight was about 300 kilometres west of Ireland over the Atlantic when the crew declared an emergency and requested permission to land at Shannon.
The airport’s emergency plan was put into action with the local authority fire brigade from Shannon Town and Ennis along with the HSE ambulance service being alerted also.
Three units of the fire service from Shannon were sent to the airport while two further vehicles from Ennis were mobilised to a designated holding point close to the M18 motorway at Dromoland.
When asked by controllers, the crew confirmed they had no hazardous material on board their aircraft.
The flight touched down safely at 4.53pm and was quickly pursued along the runway by crash crews who remained with the aircraft until after it had parked on a remote taxiway.
They definitely took no chances by designating two two further vehicles at a holding point close to the M18 motorway at Dromoland!0 -
Brennans Row wrote: »Man dies as jet diverted to Shannon after two passengers suffer heart attacks (Independent)
Alitalia flight AZ-610 was about 100 kilometres west of Co Clare airport (29th April) when the crew declared an emergency and diverted to Shannon.
The flight was on route from Rome to New York at the time. Paramedics and a doctor were standing by on the ground for the flight when it touched down just after 5.30pm this evening.
The deceased man, believed to be in his 70's, was pronounced dead at the scene. The second passenger was taken to University Hospital Limerick for treatment but is reported to be in a stable condition.
That's sad news!
US military plane in fuel leak emergency (Clare Herald)
A US military transport plane made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport yesterday (24th April) after the crew reported they had suffered a fuel leak over the Atlantic.
The flight was about 300 kilometres west of Ireland over the Atlantic when the crew declared an emergency and requested permission to land at Shannon.
The airport’s emergency plan was put into action with the local authority fire brigade from Shannon Town and Ennis along with the HSE ambulance service being alerted also.
Three units of the fire service from Shannon were sent to the airport while two further vehicles from Ennis were mobilised to a designated holding point close to the M18 motorway at Dromoland.
When asked by controllers, the crew confirmed they had no hazardous material on board their aircraft.
The flight touched down safely at 4.53pm and was quickly pursued along the runway by crash crews who remained with the aircraft until after it had parked on a remote taxiway.
They definitely took no chances by designating two two further vehicles at a holding point close to the M18 motorway at Dromoland!
Dromoland is about halfway from ennis to shannon, right?0 -
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Brennans Row wrote: »They definitely took no chances by designating two two further vehicles at a holding point close to the M18 motorway at Dromoland!Carnacalla wrote: »Dromoland is about halfway from ennis to shannon, right?
That's right!
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Brennans Row wrote: »That's right!
Hehe, considering i live in clare, it would be terrible if i didnt know dat.0 -
Varadkar & Howlin sign contract for M17/M18 Gort-Tuam PPP Project (Department of Transport)
Minister Varadkar said, when completed, this new motorway will reduce journey times between Limerick and Galway, allowing the two cities to work together economically, and supporting further investment and jobs. It will also reduce journey times from Galway to Shannon Airport, boosting the airport's growth prospects.
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Brennans Row wrote: »Varadkar & Howlin sign contract for M17/M18 Gort-Tuam PPP Project (Department of Transport)
Minister Varadkar said, when completed, this new motorway will reduce journey times between Limerick and Galway, allowing the two cities to work together economically, and supporting further investment and jobs. It will also reduce journey times from Galway to Shannon Airport, boosting the airport's growth prospects.
Good infrastructural news for the airport’s catchment area.
It won't make a blind bit of difference to SNN, great PR though!0 -
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Man due for court in Ennis after alleged air-rage incident on flight (Breaking News)
A man is due in court in Ennis this morning charged in relation to an alleged air rage incident on board a flight diverted to Shannon Airport.
The flight, operated by Condor Airlines, was travelling from Frankfurt in Germany to Holguin in Cuba with 248 passengers and nine crew on board.
The aircraft was around 100 miles west of Ireland when its pilot made the decision to re-route to Shannon after one of the passengers became unruly on board.
A 37-year old man, understood to be a Cuban national living in France, was arrested by Clare gardaí just before 7pm last night, shortly after the plane touched down.
He has been held overnight at Shannon garda station and will appear in court in Ennis this morning.
The flight, with the remaining passengers on board, then left Shannon after 8pm last night.0 -
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Ireland secures hosting of World Medical and Health Games 2015 (Travel and Tour World)
Fáilte Ireland and Shannon Convention Bureau have announced that, after a competitive bidding process, the University of Limerick will host the World Medical and Health Games 2015.
The World Medical and Health Games, or “Medigames” as it is more commonly known is week-long competition involving almost 1200-1500 sports enthusiasts from medical professionals, participating in more than 20 sports.
Linda Stevens, Director Conferences and Events University of Limerick, commented on the collaborated effort that went into this bid - “Medigames offers us a fantastic opportunity to showcase the world-class sporting infrastructure we have here at UL’s Conference and Sports Campus.
It was great to see Shannon Region Conference and Sports Bureau’ working with Failte Ireland to win this event for Limerick. I look forward to seeing further collaboration like this in the future.”
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Hopefully those coming from the states will fill a few seats to Shannon Airport.
This is a nice timely boost for the Sport Tourism Summit at Thomond Park this month.0 -
The long road to Croke Park begins in the Bronx.
Connacht Football Championship opener in New York (New York v Mayo).
I see that the Mayo football team flew out from Shannon Airport yesterday.
Last weekend about 35 youngsters (U12s) from the Garryowen Rugby Club travelled to London to take part in the London Irish 6 Nations Minis Festival (28 clubs from 6 countries).
In all 8 Irish clubs were represented there.
Sporting links with our Exiles has potential for Shannon.
According to the Clare Champion, Donald Trump will be in Shannon next Monday week to make his first visit to his Doonbeg Trump International Golf Links and Hotel.
He should give golf tourism a good shot in the arm here and if I was Rose Hynes, I would definitely try to invite him as a speaker to the Sport Tourism summit in Thomond Park.
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I see along side Shannon Airport that Doonbeg is also a partner of this Sport Tourism event (see link).
It starts on May 15th so who knows Donald Trump might turn up yet?
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Brennans Row wrote: »That's true for Dublin Airport to Galway but CityLink have eight 2.5 hour non-stop Galway to Dublin Airport schedules which are very attractive because Dublin has so many early flights and destinations.
What are the bus services like for Galway to Shannon Airport for price, schedules etc.?
It's still 8 out of approximately 20 so the majority of journeys takes 3hrs I was just correcting the earlier post that stated the journey time was 2.5 hours at most.
Not sure of the bus times etc from Galway to Shannon Airport as I would have no need to use that service link here: http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1360753025-051.pdf €21 return - depressingly journey time on the bus is almost 2 hours.
I was interested to learn that there was now a 24/7 operation to and from Galway / Dublin Airport if I'd known that earlier it would have saved me a few 7hr return trips to Dublin
was there a recent increase in buses? Last time I checked the last bus out of Dublin Airport was 10.30 p.m.
It's a catch 22 at the moment for Shannon not enough flights so no point increasing transport services to / from the Airport. I'd like to think that in the future with the completion of the motorway to Galway and with an increase of flights from Shannon it would certainly be a more attractive prospect than travelling to Dublin.0 -
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Westair seems to have invested in two brand new aircraft. :cool:
A Gulfstream G650 jet and a Agusta Westland AW-139 helicopter.
In the background one can see that their small hangar extension is nearly finished too.
Images Donal Morrissey and Brian Buckley.
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Some 12,000 people took part in events associated with the Great Limerick Run events over the weekend.
Over 1,000 participants took part in the marathon event, with 2,000 in the half marathon and over 100 relay teams.
The bulk of participants took part in the six mile - or 10km - event, which attracted a massive 6,500 runners and walkers of all ages.
Participants came from all over the world, including the UK, US, Italy, Canada, France, Holland, Denmark, Luxembourg and Spain, plus a large contingent from Chicago. (Irish Times)
I wonder has the Chicago summer service started already?
For the four-legged runners there were two TNT Horse Charters in Shannon yesterday, destination unknown.
Apparently TNT has its own horse ramps for use with the BAe146 aircraft.
These ramps are predominantly in place at Shannon, Ireland (which is currently TNT's most significant location for horse charter), as well as Cambridge and Farnborough in the UK, and le Bourget in France. (TNT)0 -
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Carnacalla wrote: »A train route would be brilliant, but sadly the chance of that happening is slim to none.
Sadly the train could be slower than the bus
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It seems that Air Contractors (ASL) have moved into the hangar that was occupied by Signature Flight Support (SFS).
I wrongly assumed that they had moved into the vacated Aer Lingus hangar.
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