Passenger Plane Makes Safe Emergency Landing in Northern Ireland
Updated: Tuesday, 07 Feb 2012, 8:23 AM EST
Published : Tuesday, 07 Feb 2012, 8:23 AM EST
(NewsCore) - A passenger plane made a successful emergency landing Tuesday morning in Belfast.
The Thomas Cook-operated Airbus A-320, en route to the Spanish resort island of Tenerife, had reported problems with its landing gear.
It departed the Northern Irish capital shortly before 10:00am local time but soon began circling the nearby area in a bid to dump fuel.
Radar showed the aircraft flying in a repeated pattern over Lough Neagh.
A full emergency plan was put in effect, as is standard practice, with nine fire engines on the scene at Belfast International Airport.