Passengers relieved after airplane ordeal
Flight 306 with 190 passengers and 10 crew aboard was on route from Philadelphia to Dublin when a major electrical fire broke out in the front cargo hold of the aircraft. At the time the flight was 400 miles west of Shannon Airport.
Fire brigade units from Shannon and Ennis and ambulances from Limerick and Ennis were on the runway after a full-scale emergency was mounted for the stricken jet. Fortunately, the aircraft touched down safely at 10.59am.
