A replacement aircraft will arrive in Shannon later to take almost 170 passengers onto New York after their plane was forced to divert with a cracked windshield last night. American Airlines flight AA-141 was travelling from London to New York with 168 passengers and 13 crew when the jet made the unscheduled landing at the mid-west airport. The flight had taken off from Heathrow at around 7.48pm and was less than an hour into its journey when the crew reported a problem. After landing, the jet taxied to the terminal where airport ground crews were waiting to disembark the passengers. Earlier in the day, a cargo jet was forced to return to Shannon Airport after the crew reported a technical issue soon after take-off.

Source: Irish Examiner October 01, 2019 09:22 UTC