The reason for the emergency landing is being reported as a maintenance issue.
A United Airlines flight from Newark to Paris was forced to make an emergency landing in Shannon Airport at around 9:30 this morning.
It was initially 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
