SIXTEEN PEOPLE WERE taken to hospital early this morning after a United Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport.
Shannon Airport confirmed that United Airlines flight UA-880 from Houston to Heathrow diverted to Shannon Airport “with a medical situation” and landed early this morning at 5.55am.
HSE ambulances were waiting at the airport to meet the flight.
A spokesperson for Shannon said that passengers and crew were treated at the airport.
Following this, 14 passengers and two flight crew were taken to University Hospital Limerick for further treatment.
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