Flight crew praised for handling of mid-air emergency and safe landing at Cork Airport

Passengers weren’t even aware there was an emergency on board the aircraft at the centre of a full-scale alert at Cork Airport yesterday.

They praised the flight crew for how they handled the crisis and said they only realised something was wrong when they saw fire engines and ambulances on standby at the airfield just seconds before they landed.

However, people who were waiting anxiously at the airport terminal for loved ones criticised the lack of information from airport management as the emergency unfolded.