Passenger jet makes emergency landing at Shannon Airport due to engine problem

The flight was forced to turn around and divert to Shannon, landing with just one of its two engines operating.

A passenger jet has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport after suffering an engine problem over the Atlantic on Saturday morning.

The flight was forced to turn around and divert to Shannon, landing with just one of its two engines operating. It’s understood that the engine suffered a ‘compressor stall’ and that the crew shut the engine down as a precaution.