Jet in emergency landing

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A PLANE made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport after the captain requested permission to land when a male passenger became rough.

It is understood the passenger has now been grounded at Shannon while gardaí carry out a search of the plane.

The ArkeFly chartered Boeing 767 jet has 230 passengers and 11 crew on board. It was travelling from Amsterdam to the Caribbean island of Aruba .

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A Dutch national in his 40’s is being questioned by gardai at Shannon.

Gardaí are to interview passengers and carry out a complete search of the aircraft.

A replacement aircraft has been summoned to take the stranded passengers to their destination.