A passenger jet 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 is understood the engine suffered a ‘compressor stall’ and the crew shut the engine down as a precaution.
Jetblue flight JBU-2220 was travelling from London’s Heathrow Airport to New York/JFK at the time. The Airbus A321-271(Neo) jet was over the North Atlantic about two hours west of Ireland when the crew declared an emergency.
The aircraft only entered service last month, according to records.
The crew made contact with aircraft controllers in Shannon to advise them of their emergency. The crew confirmed they had shut down the aircraft's No.2 engine and that they would require airport emergency services to be standing by for their arrival.
The crew also stated their aircraft type did not have fuel dumping capabilities, so they would be making an overweight landing. However, they said they expected the landing to be ‘normal’.
Shannon Airport’s own fire and rescue service was alerted, while the local authority fire service, National Ambulance Service and Gardaí were also requested to deploy resources to the airport.
Units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service from Shannon and Ennis stations were dispatched to the airport, along with several ambulance service vehicles and local gardaí.
The aircraft landed safety at 10.50am and was accompanied by fire crews to the terminal, where they remained for a time before being stood down.
Crews also inspected the jet’s landing gear to ensure it had not overheated during the emergency landing.
Engineers are now expected to inspect the engine, and it is believed a replacement aircraft will be sent to Shannon on Saturday afternoon to take the passengers to their final destination.
