Plane makes emergency landing in Shannon due to fumes on board

Fight DL-113 was travelling from Rome, Italy, to Boston in the United States. There were 294 passengers and crew on board

A transatlantic flight has been evacuated at Shannon Airport after the jet made an emergency landing there on Monday morning. Picture: Press22

Almost 300 people were evacuated from a transatlantic jet after it made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport today after fumes were reported on board.

The Delta Air Lines flight, on route from Rome to Boston, was some 230kms off the south coast of Ireland when the flight crew contacted air traffic controllers at Shannon to declare a pan-pan emergency – not as serious as a may-day – at around 11.20am.