A man (44) has been arrested after a charter plane en route to the Dutch Antilles was forced to make an emergency landing at Shannon airport earlier this morning.
The Boeing 767, which had 224 passengers onboard, was flying from Amsterdam to Aruba when a passenger began making threats and acting unruly, causing the captain to divert the plane at about 10.30 am.
A Dutch national was arrested shortly after the plane landed under the Air Navigation and Transport act and is currently being held under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act at Shannon Garda station.
A full search of the Arkflight operated plane and its passengers is currently underway
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