A US military aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport this afternoon.
with twenty five crew and troops on board was forced to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport on Saturday after the pilot reported a problem with one of the planes four engines.
The C130 Hercules transport plane was en route from a US Air Force base in Germany to Canada when the pilot reported one of the plane’s engines had shut down.
Fire and ambulance crews were on hand when the plane with 25 crew aboard landed successfully.