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A Paris-Miami flight was forced to turn away from Shannon Airport after stopping one of the aircraft's engines.
American Airlines flight AA63 took off from Charles de Gualle airport shortly after 11 am this morning for a 10-hour trip to Florida.
However, approximately two hours after take-off, the Boeing 777 would have lost the power of its starboard engine and a general emergency was declared on board.
The plane was forced to turn back over the Atlantic Ocean and head to Ireland.
UPDATE @AmericanAir # AA63 the # 2 engine is at a standstill (h / t @ LordBriani) https://t.co/kE9jQl6RsG pic.twitter.com/zTfhpZubO3
– AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) November 29, 2018
The aircraft landed at Shannon Airport shortly after 2:30 pm, with the right engine (number 2) deactivated.
Shannon Airport Fire and Rescue Service staff followed the plane to position 42, where pbadengers had to get out of the aircraft at around 3 pm .
The flight crew requested to inspect the defective engine for something unusual or fuel leakage, according to Flight Alerts.
# AA63 safely on the ground at Shannon with the right engine stopped
Asked the right engine inspection to detect any unusual problem or fuel leak, nothing found. Firefighters followed the plane to booth 42 pic.twitter.com/YEOORwwc3D
– Flight Alerts (@FlightAlerts_) November 29, 2018
The incident comes after Shannon Airport received two diversions in a single day earlier this week.
On Tuesday, a British Airways plane connecting Washington Dulles to London Heathrow was forced to land urgently at the Irish airport due to a "medical situation" involving a female pbadenger.
Flight BA292 landed at Shannon at 10:05 am local time and the woman was transported to Limerick Hospital.
A few minutes later, at 10:19, a WOW Air flight from Reykjavik, Iceland, was diverted to the airport after heavy winds prevented a safe landing at Dublin Airport.
The WW6 flight refuels Shannon before returning to Dublin at 11:54.
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