Shannon Airport emergency services were called to alert on Sunday afternoon last when one of Michael O’Leary’s Ryanair planes was forced to make an emergency landing at the county Clare airport following a report from the flight deck of problems with a tyre.
On route from the UK, the pilot made contact with Shannon to say it had a tyre problem, shortly before 4pm in the afternoon.
The plane operated a circling pattern above the airport at a safe distance and landed 15 minutes after notifying the emergency services.
The plane was carrying 177 passengers and crew and no injuries have been reported.
The Shannon Airport Authority reported that the plane carried out a low-level fly past over the main runway at Shannon so that fire crews on the ground could visually inspect the landing gear as the aircraft flew past.
The fire crews had nothing to report so the aircraft was cleared for landing with no further incident.
