The flight BA177 departed London Heathrow runway 27L and climbed to 35,000 ft before turned around over Atlantic after 2 hours into the flight.

The Boeing 777-300ER (registration G-STBB) descended to 29,000 ft and headed to the West coast of Ireland due to a medical emergency on board.

The flight landed in Shannon 3 hours and 30 minutes after departure.

The airline is planning to refuel and to resume the flight to New York at 18:00.

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The flight #AF345 departed Montreal Sunday, October 27 2024 at 18:15 EDT for a 6-hour flight to Paris CDG.

After crossing the Atlantic, the Airbus A350-900 descended from 40,000 ft cruising altitude and started approach to Shannon.

Air France flight AF-345 was travelling from Montreal, Canada to Paris in France when shortly after 2:30 am, while the flight was about 45 minutes west of Ireland,

The crew made contact with air traffic controllers in Ireland shortly after 2:30 am. A short time later, the crew made another radio contact with controllers to advise about a medical emergency on board.

The plane landed at 03:03. A a male passenger in his 60s was suffering a suspected heart attack.

The crew requested medical assistance to be available to them on arrival. Airport authorities were advised of the diversion while the National Ambulance Service was alerted.

The aircraft (registration F-HUVL) continued to Paris at around 4:30 am.

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Delta flight #DL53 departed Zurich Airport today Saturday, August 17 2024 at 14:00 CEST to New York JFK Airport.

The Airbus A330-200 (registration N856NW) climbed to 36,000 ft over France before heading to South UK and South Ireland.

Before crossing the Atlantic, the crew contacted Shannon ATC due to a medical emergency on board.

The aircraft turned around and landed in Shannon 30 minutes later.

The A330 then resumed the flight to New York, taking off at 19:20 local time.

The flight #DL53 is expected to land at 9:22pm at JFK Airport. Then to park at terminal 4, gate B34.

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