MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A Pakistan International Airlines aircraft en route from the UK city of Manchester to New York City carried out an emergency landing at Ireland’s Shannon Airport on Saturday, the facility’s operations director said.
Earlier in the day, tracking website Air Live said reports of smoke in a lavatory was behind the decision to divert the plane.
"A Pakistani International Airlines Boeing 777 from Manchester to JFK has diverted to Shannon Airport having declared an emergency en-route," Niall Maloney was quoted as saying by the Independent newspaper.
Maloney added that the aircraft landed safely. Police and fire crews have been dispatched to the site.
