An aircraft which was forced to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport because of an unruly passenger has now been grounded at Shannon after gardaí decided to carry out a search of the plane.It is understood the captain requested permission to land after a male passenger became difficult, according to RTE News. The Boeing 767 aircraft with 224 passengers on board was chartered by ArkeFly, which is the Dutch arm of TUI. It was bringing passengers from Amsterdam to the Netherlands Antilles in the Caribbean.
The 44-year-old Dutch national was arrested by gardaí and airport police and is being questioned at Shannon Garda Station. Gardaí have now taken the decision to carry out a complete search of the hold of the aircraft, as well as searching and questioning passengers.
The aircraft has been parked remotely at Shannon to allow for its flight time to expire.
