100 passengers left stranded after airline forced to cancel flights

One hundred passengers remained at Shannon Airport last night after Aer Lingus had to send over 500 passengers to hotels in the US and Ireland on Wednesday night when their flight was cancelled because of a technical problem.

The Airbus A330 jet was due to leave Shannon for Boston on Wednesday but was grounded after a fault developed. Flight EI-135 was later cancelled and 253 passengers sent to hotels.

This had the knock-on effect of the return service, EI-134 from Boston to Shannon also being cancelled, leaving 254 passengers in hotels in Boston overnight.