Aborted high-speed take-off identified as cause of aircraft fire at Shannon 

Emergency on plane carrying US military personnel suspected of causing fire on the aircraft which led to a major emergency at Shannon Airport two years ago, investigation finds

A report by the Air Accident Investigation Unit into the incident involving an Omni Air International plane carrying US troops at Shannon Airport on August 15, 2019, found a fire had broken out in the main landing gear area of the Boeing 767-33A aircraft as it returned to a parking stand while taxiing from the runway. Picture: Press 22

An aborted, high-speed take-off by a plane carrying US military personnel is suspected of causing a fire on the aircraft which led to a major emergency at Shannon Airport two years ago, an official investigation has found.

A report by the Air Accident Investigation Unit into the incident involving an Omni Air International plane carrying US troops at Shannon Airport on August 15, 2019, found a fire had broken out in the main landing gear area of the Boeing 767-33A aircraft as it returned to a parking stand while taxiing from the runway.