A man in his 60’s has died after the flight on which he was travelling diverted to Shannon Airport this morning.
The man was a passenger on Royal Jordanian flight RJ-264 which was enroute from Chicago to Amman.
The Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner jet was about 200 kilometres northwest of Shannon when the crew advised controllers of their emergency.
The crew reported that they had a male passenger on board who was unresponsive and in need of “immediate medical attention.”
HSE ambulance paramedics and a doctor were waiting for the flight when it touched down shortly before 10.00am. The passenger was however pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
Gardaí were informed and are treating the matter as a ‘sudden death’. The County Coroner has also been advised.
The man’s body was removed to University Hospital Limerick for a postmortem examination while efforts are now underway to contact the deceased’s family in Jordan.
The flight continued its journey at around midday.