Covid concerns as two more planeloads of US military personnel land in Shannon

A spokesperson for the US embassy told the Irish Examiner the flights “were fully compliant, as will all flights be going forward”.

A US Hercules Transporter is parked at the side of the airport at Shannon. Picture: AP Photo/John Cogill

Questions have been raised about the Covid-19 status of two further planeloads of US military personnel who landed in Shannon and spent the night in Limerick hotels in recent days.

On Monday, the Irish Examiner revealed that US authorities had apologised to the Government after a flight containing five crew and 48 military personnel that landed at Shannon Airport on January 25 did so without any evidence of negative PCR Covid-19 tests or passenger locator forms as required by law since January 9.