Airline makes 3 emergency landings in a week

An Aer Lingus flight carrying more than 180 passengers had to make an emergency landing Dublin Airport shortly after take off yesterday — the third such incident in a week.

It is understood the crew had to shut down one of the jet’s two engines after reporting a problem shortly after take-off.

Fight EI-490 had departed for Faro in Portugal with 181 passengers and crew, when the pilots detected an issue with the Airbus A321’s number 2 engine.