Flight attendants assessed by paramedics after plane makes emergency landing at Shannon

Eight cabin crew members were affected by fumes and assessed by paramedics. No passengers were reported to have been affected.

A number of people have been assessed by paramedics at Shannon Airport after their flight made an emergency landing this afternoon.

British Airways flight BA-2201 was flying from Gatwick Airport in England to Cancun in Mexico when the crew made a U-turn over the Atlantic and diverted to the mid-west airport.