Aer Lingus flight makes emergency landing in Dublin after engine ingested bird on departure

A US-bound Aer Lingus flight has made an emergency landing at Dublin Airport this afternoon after suffering an engine failure on departure believed to have been caused by a bird-strike.

Aer Lingus flight EI-115 (EI-11J) took off from Dublin at 1.36pm and was bound for Philadelphia in the US state of Pennsylvania. Almost immediately after departure the crew issued a Pan-Pan radio distress call reporting they had struck a bird on departure.