Tried locating more information on this. Only thing I found was something from the Irish Times indicating 281 on board. That's got to be a mistake because the aircraft would be severely overloaded. David R http://home.attbi.com/~damiross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "www.justplanes.com" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 12:52 Subject: [AIRLINE] Info? > Anyone here know the airline involved and perhaps the right type of aircraft? > Emergency was today according to online.ie > thanks > > Boeing 707 lands safely in Shannon Aiport > online.ie > 2003-11-01 17:10:01+00 > > The transatlantic jet en route to Miami in the US from Amsterdam this > afternoon, which was forced to divert to Shannon Airport, has landed > safely. > > The Boeing 707 which had 208 passengers and crew on board landed at > around 3.30pm. > > It is understood passengers were alarmed after detecting an odd smell > on board the plane. > > Emergency services had been standing by at Shannon while lifeboats > and other vessels at sea off the West Coast were also on alert.