Editing Shannon Airport (section)

== Accidents and incidents ==
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Due to the location of Shannon, the airport receives a large number of emergency stopovers.

* 16 July 1943 – [[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]], EI-ACA, ''Charlie Alpha'', on a domestic flight from Rineanna to Dublin crashed shortly after takeoff with only minor injuries reported. The aircraft made a wheels-up landing short of the runway and was damaged beyond repair.
* 28 December 1946 – [[TWA]] [[Lockheed Constellation]] NC86505 [[TWA Flight 6963|Flight 6963]] crashed attempting to land at the airport in poor visibility. The aircraft was routing Paris, Shannon, Gander, New York. The aircraft crashed on its second attempt short of runway 14 on Inishmacnaughtan Island.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19461228-1 |title=Accident description: Lockheed Constellation N86505 |website=aviation-safety.net |access-date=23 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010041940/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19461228-1 |archive-date=10 October 2010}}</ref> Nine of the 23 people on board died.
* 15 April 1948 – [[Pan Am Flight 1-10]], a Lockheed Constellation crashed attempting to land at the airport. 30 Passengers and crew died in the post crash fire. There was one survivor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.panamair.org/accidents/empressskies.htm |title=Clipper Empress of the Skies: Accident Investigation Report |website=Pan Am air.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716031228/http://www.panamair.org/accidents/empressskies.htm |archive-date=16 July 2011 |access-date=23 September 2010}}</ref>
* 5 September 1954 – Lockheed Super Constellation PH-LKY, [[KLM Flight 633]] from Amsterdam to New York City, using Shannon as a refuelling stop, crashed just after takeoff into a mudbank adjacent to the airport. 28 people on board died. There were 28 survivors.
* 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, California, to Zürich via New York, Gander and Shannon. The crash killed all four crew on board.
* 14 August 1958 – Lockheed Super Constellation PH-LKM [[KLM Flight 607-E]] from Amsterdam to New York crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after a refuelling stop at Shannon, killing all 99 passengers and crew on board.
* 22 June 1959 - Pan American DC-6B N5026K, [[1959 Pan Am Douglas DC-6 crash|Clipper Panama]], caught fire and burned on the runway as it was preparing to take off. The aircraft was preparing for a flight to New York. The number 1 propeller blade on the number 4 engine detached due to metal fatigue. The imbalance on the spinning propeller caused the engine to detach from the engine housing and a fire erupted on the wing. The eight occupants escaped from the aircraft, which was subsequently destroyed by fire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590622-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6A/B N5026K Shannon Airport (SNN)|access-date=18 February 2021|archive-date=18 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918083120/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590622-0|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 26 February 1960 – an [[Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane|Alitalia]] [[Douglas DC-7]]C I-DUVO crashed after the port wingtip struck the wall of a cemetery  after taking off from the airport. The aircraft had made an unscheduled refuelling stop en route from Rome to New York. The aircraft had not gained sufficient height to clear the hilltop where the cemetery is located. The aircraft then crashed in the field where it exploded and disintegrated, scattering wreckage over a wide area. 34 people out of 52 passengers and crew on board died as a result of the accident. One cabin crew member, a steward who was seated at the rear of the aircraft, survived the accident.
* 26 March 1961 - An Eagle Airways DC-6A G-APOM was damaged and subsequently destroyed by fire during a touch and go training exercise.  The aircraft had landed on runway 24 and was accelerating for takeoff when the landing gear was inadvertently raised before the aircraft became airborne. The DC-6 settled onto the runway, veered to the left off the paved surface and onto the grass.  A fire began on the port wing and eventually consumed and destroyed the aircraft. There were no injuries among the six crew, who evacuated the aircraft.
* 10 September 1961 – a [[1961 President Airlines Douglas DC-6 crash|President Airlines Douglas DC-6 crashed]] into the river Shannon after taking off from the airport on a flight to Gander. The disaster killed all 83 passengers and crew, one of the worst air disasters in Ireland's history. One cabin crew member survived the crash but died a few hours after being rescued.
* 30 September 1977 – an Interconair Bristol 175 Britannia 253 EI-BBY crashed in a field to the right of runway 24 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.
* 2 October 1977 - Capitol Air DC-8-61 N911CL aborted takeoff on runway 24 as it accelerated for takeoff en route Rome-Shannon-Windsor Locks. There was a failure of tyres on the left main wheel bogie during taxi, and as the aircraft accelerated the tyre shredded and sent tyre fragments up into the wing underside, rupturing the fuel tanks. The escaping fuel ignited and caused a rapid large fire under the left wing. ATC spotted the fire as did the crew of a sister aircraft which was taxiing in after landing. The aircraft was just at the point of V1 when takeoff was abandoned and the DC-8 decelerated and stopped just short of the end of runway 24. The aircraft was evacuated and approximately 50 passengers were injured during the evacuation. The aircraft was seriously damaged but repaired and returned to service a number of months later. Had the aircraft become airborne, it is likely the left wing would have failed and the aircraft would have crashed.
* 20 June 1979 – [[American Airlines Flight 293]] landed in Shannon after being hijacked.
* 5 February 2024 – [[Cargolux]] [[Boeing 747-400]] ''LX-NCL'', carrying flowers from Miami to Amsterdam, diverted to Shannon Airport due to a cargo deck fire warning. The aircraft landed safely and the crew was evacuated, but airport fire crews found no evidence of heat, smoke or fire. The runway where the flight landed was closed for two hours.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Flynn |first1=Pat |last2=Telford |first2=Thomas |date=2024-02-05 |title=Shannon Airport flight emergency after fire fear onboard aircraft |url=https://www.galwaybeo.ie/news/ireland-news/shannon-airport-flight-emergency-after-9078351 |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=Galway Beo |language=en}}</ref>