A flight has made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport this afternoon after crew reported they detected fumes in the cockpit and passenger cabin. The Irish Examiner reports that a British Airways flight was flying fro Gatwick to Cancun in Mexico when the crew made a U-turn over the Atlantic and diverted to Shannon Airport. There were 237 passengers and 13 crew members on board flight number BA-2201 at the time it made the emergency landing. The crew reported a number of people appeared to be affected by the fumes on the Boeing 777-200 jet. A British Airways spokesman told the publication: "We're very sorry for the delay to our customers' journeys.

Source: The Irish Daily Star July 14, 2019 17:26 UTC