Air Corps plane makes emergency landing in Derry

An Irish maritime patrol aircraft made an emergency landing at Eglinton Airport, Derry this afternoon.

The Air Corps CASA aircraft was on a routine operation about 150 miles off the west coast when a warning light activated in the cockpit at approximately 11.10am.

One of the aircraft’s two engines were shut down as a precaution and a controlled emergency landing carried out safely at the airport. The aircraft touched down at 1.34pm.

An Air Corps technical team is en route from Baldonnel to Derry to examine the plane.

A previous precautionary emergency landing was carried out by this aircraft at Kerry Airport, Farranfore, on October 22 due to an electrical fault associated with the pneumatic system.