Shannon Airport - Incidents and Accidents

Incidents and Accidents

Due to the location of Shannon, it receives a large number of emergency stopovers.

• 16 July 1943 - a British Overseas Airways Corporation de Havilland DH91 Fortuna crash-landed short of the Runway 14 threshold. There were no injuries.
• 18 June 1946 - an Aer Lingus Douglas DC-3, Charlie Alpha, on a domestic flight from Rineanna to Dublin crashed shortly after takeoff with only minor injuries reported.
• December 28, 1946 - TWA Lockheed Constellation Flight 6963 crashed attempting to land at the airport.
• April 15, 1948 - Pan Am Flight 1-10, a Lockheed Constellation crashed attempting to land at the airport.
• 5 September 1954 - Lockheed Super Constellation KLM Flight 633 from Amsterdam to New York, using Shannon as a refueling stop, crashed just after takeoff into a mudbank adjacent to the airport. 28 people on board died.
• 15 July 1956 - a Swissair Convair CV-440-11 crashed on approach to the airport due to pilot error. The aircraft was on its delivery flight from San Diego to Zürich via New York, Gander and Shannon. The crash killed all four crew on board.
• 14 August 1958 - Lockheed Super Constellation KLM Flight 607-E from Amsterdam to New York crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after a refueling stop at Shannon.
• 26 February 1960 - an Alitalia Douglas DC-7C crashed after taking off from the airport, killing 34 people out of 52 passengers and crew on board.
• 10 September 1961 - a President Airlines Douglas DC-6 crashed into the river Shannon after taking off from the airport on a flight to Canada. The disaster killed all 83 passengers and crew, one of the worst air disasters in Ireland's history.
• 30 September 1977 - an Interconair Bristol 175 Britannia 253 overran the airport's runway after severe vibration on the approach. The left wing broke off and caught fire but none of the six crew were injured in the crash.
• 20 June 1979 - American Airlines Flight 293 lands in Shannon after being hijacked.