The reason for the emergency landing is being reported as a maintenance issue.
A United Airlines flight from Paris to Newark was forced to make an emergency landing in Shannon Airport at around 9.30 this morning.
It was intially unclear why but United Airlines have since clarified the situation, replying to a query on Twitter to say that the flight diverted to Shannon for maintenance.
LIVE United #UA56 to Newark is declaring an emergency https://t.co/U8wN7xG2wZ pic.twitter.com/UL8ZkGpbbz
— AIRLIVE (@airlivenet) February 27, 2017
Hey, Marcel. The flight is diverting to Shannon for maintenance. Your estimated time of arrival into EWR is 7:29 PM. ^TY
— United Airlines (@united) February 27, 2017
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