Fire officer tells of rescue from ‘cramped’ plane

A SENIOR officer with Cork City Fire Brigade described the plane as “extremely cramped” as he and emergency services set about rescuing passengers from the plane crash.

It was 9.56am when the call came through to the Munster Regional Communication Centre in Limerick that there was an incident at Cork Airport.

Across Cork city and county, all emergency teams were ordered to make it to the airport — on a hill just about 3km from the city centre — as fast as possible.