Aer Lingus to Orlando

[descol]

Irish Times to-day reported that an EI airbus 300 was forced to return to Dublin whilst enroute to Orlando yesterday - report says exact nature of the 'emergency' (irish times words) unknown.
Has anybody got further info ?

[Dave Clarke Fife]

Originally Posted by descol

Irish Times to-day reported that an EI airbus 300 was forced to return to Dublin whilst enroute to Orlando yesterday
Has anybody got further info ?

The only info I've got is that it's probably an A330

[waffler]

Sick passenger I believe.

[descol]

Thanks waffler,
I wonder why this reason is not reported in the IT ?

[HON]

can confirm returned to DUB with ill passenger - nothing more. Departed DUB 50min later.

[raffele]

Thanks waffler,
I wonder why this reason is not reported in the IT ?

Either they didn't know, or they wanted people to think it was a matter of life or death, plummeting to the ocean, narrowly missing the schools etc on the way down.

To be honest, the way the media ridiculously and needlessly hype up the most minor of events in the aviation industry, it's not paying much attention to. 9 times out of 10 its something abnormal, but not serious