Huge plane today

jackboy · 21-10-2023 5:43pm #1

A huge wide bodied plane flew at low altitude over west Clare today around 15:30. It seemed to be a four propeller plane. Obviously some sort of transport plane, could it have been military?

I know such planes come into Shannon all the time but this one was lower than usual and on a different flight path than I usually see. The way it was heading I’m not sure it was stopping in Shannon.

WishUWereHere · 21-10-2023 6:33pm

Could it have been this by any chance?

A C130 Hercules landed in Shannon at 15h44.

I tried to post a link but it’s enormous and boards won’t let me post the link - sorry

EchoIndia · 21-10-2023 7:09pm

A C-130 is neither huge nor wide-bodied in aviation terms, but it all sounded pretty dramatic anyway.

Looking at the track flown, it may have initially been going for runway 06 but then routed south of the river to the west and came in from around Loop Head for the downwind and a right turn in for runway 24. This would have been as per ATC vectors and you can listen back on Live ATC if so inclined.