Garcia bunkered as jet diverted to Shannon

The private jet owned by Spanish golfing star Sergio Garcia was forced to divert to Shannon Airport yesterday after the crew declared an emergency over the Atlantic.

The Hawker Beechcraft 4000 twin-engined jet was on its way from Cardiff in Wales to Bangor, Maine, in the US at the time. It’s understood the jet’s ultimate destination was Charlotte, North Carolina, where Garcia, 33, is due to play in the Wells Fargo Championship in Quail Hollow on Thursday.

There were three people on board the jet, which was about 300km off the Irish coast when the crew contacted air traffic controllers at Shannon to declare an emergency.