Dutch plane makes emergency landing at Cork Airport

A KLM jumbo jet with 432 passengers on board has made an emergency landing at Cork Airport.

The plane was en route from the West Indies to Holland when the captain radioed ahead to report a problem on board.

It’s believed that a fire broke out on board around 250 miles off the south coast of Ireland.

Cork Airport’s full emergency services were on standby and hospitals in the county were put on full alert.

However the plane managed to make a successful landing.