US air force plane forced to land at Shannon

An American Air Force transport plane had to make a landing at Shannon Airport after fumes had been reported in its cockpit.

US air force plane forced to land at Shannon
Sun, 04 Nov, 2001 - 23:30

An American Air Force transport plane had to make a landing at Shannon Airport after fumes had been reported in its cockpit.

The C5 Galaxy was en route from Ramstein, Germany, to Massachusetts when the alert was raised.

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