US-bound plane diverted to Dublin
A US-bound plane made an unscheduled landing in Dublin tonight after a call was received about a suspect device on board.
A spokeswoman for Dublin Airport Authority said the Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 landed at 3.40pm and its passengers and crew disembarked.
A Lufthansa spokeswoman said there were 18 crew members and 373 passengers on board the Frankfurt-Newark flight.
“It was rerouted into Dublin because apparently Lufthansa had received a call to their call centre saying there was a suspect device aboard,” the airport spokeswoman said.
Gardaí were still searching the aircraft tonight, she added.
A Lufthansa spokeswoman in Frankfurt said she could not provide any further details about the call that led to the unscheduled landing.
