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Aeromexico flight AM3 was scheduled to land at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris at 17:35 GMT, according to Airlive.net. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner declared an emergency at 13:27 GMT.
The plane was diverted to Ireland's Shannon airport and landed there safely at 13:50 GMT. There have been no reports of casualties.
UPDATE EMERGENCY Aeromexico #AM3 to Paris CDG is descending and diverting to Ireland. Live: http://t.co/zpCjBplzQa pic.twitter.com/56T7ktoxfW
— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) June 29, 2015A video of passengers on the AM3 flight preparing for emergency landing has been posted on Twitter.
Emergency vehicles have rushed to the scene to deal with the fire. The aircraft, which landed on runway six, is proceeding to the gate for inspections by fire crews.
Fire crews now attending #AM3 @ShannonAirport pic.twitter.com/keNYdKQeAm
— Aircraft Retweet (@AircraftRetweet) June 29, 2015The Aeromexico crew has issued a warning not to approach the cargo department on the right-hand side of the plane, according to reports.
Aeromexico is Mexico's main airline and one of the four founding members of the SkyTeam alliance. The Mexican carrier has seven Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners operating in its fleet, two of them owned and the rest leased. According to the carrier, the Boeing 787-8 can carry up to 243 passengers and has a maximum cruising speed of 890km/h.
Has anybody considered putting these incidents on a global map, because unless I'm very much mistaken, practically all of them are in the northern hemisphere.
And while I'm aware that the vast majority of air travel is in the northern hemisphere, there is still a fair amount south of the equator, so the law of averages should have more than a few incidents happening there too.