‘Unruly’ passenger removed from aircraft at Shannon airport

A woman, 25, understood to be a Russian national was removed from the aircraft but was not arrested as the alleged incident occurred outside of Irish airspace

The flight landed at Shannon at 1.40pm and taxied to the terminal where airport police officers and Gardaí from Shannon station were waiting. Picture: Eamon Ward

A passenger was removed by authorities from a transit flight at Shannon Airport after she was reported to be drunk and aggressive.

Nordwind flight NS353 was travelling from Moscow, Russia to Varadero in Cuba at the time and was due to make a planned refuelling stop at Shannon.