GARDAI are treating the death of a man on flight that was diverted to Shannon as a case of sudden death.
On Thursday morning, a Royal Jordanian flight had left O’Hare International Airport bound for Amman when crew alerted air traffic controllers Shannon Airport that there was an emergency on board the flight.
Flight crew reported that a male passenger was in need of immediate medical attention and they pilot sought permission to divert and land at Shannon.
There, crews were met by emergency paramedics and a doctor when the plane landed shortly after 10am.
A Jordanian national, aged in his 60s, was pronounced dead a short time later and his body was transferred to University Hospital Limerick for a post-mortem examination.
Gardaí were making efforts to contact the family of the deceased as it had been deemed a sudden death case.
The 180 passenger flight resumed a number of hours later.
