This afternoon's Joe Duffy Show on RTE Radio 1 revealed all about a fairly major incident at Shannon last Friday night. It appears that a Murray Air DC-8 bound for Doha had a flame out soon after take off. According to comment by witnessess the aircraft returned to the field at a very low level with flames showing etc with watchers convinced that a crash was immnent.
Thankfully, the aircraft landed safely and let us hope the IAA and the FAA/NTSB conduct a full investigation for the cause of the incident. Of course, this will only be the start of it - the neutrality supporters will also be looking for an investigation of what exactly the cargo was abord the DC-8. There was an ex Irish Army officer on the radio show trying to press an American lady representing Murray Air whether there were arms aboard or not. It was great stuff to listen to and I am sure the show must be available on the RTE website if anyone wants a listen. Well worth it!
Glad everyone walked away. It will be interesting to hear the comments of the Shannon crowd on this one!