Vol. 508 No. 1
242 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if her attention has been drawn to an incident on 18 September 1999 at Shannon Airport involving an Aer Lingus plane; if her Department has established the reason for the accident; if so, if she will give details in this regard; and the reason the plane was not diverted if the cause was weather related. [18080/99]
The incident to which the Deputy referred to was, in fact, an accident as defined in the Air Navigation (Notification and Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Regulations, 1997, SI NO. 205 of 1997. The accident occurred to a US registered World Airways MD-11 aircraft, operating on behalf of Aer Lingus, at 0625 hours local time on Saturday, 18 September, 1999, at Shannon Airport. The aircraft, while landing in poor weather conditions, overran the end of the runway by approximately 200 feet. There were no injuries to the crew or passengers and the aircraft was evacuated through the normal entry doors. The accident was notified to the air accident investigation unit of this Department shortly after it occurred by the air traffic control authorities at Shannon Airport.
