A United Parcel Service (UPS) cargo flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Dublin Airport on Thursday evening after reporting a landing gear problem. The aircraft, flight 207/5X207, had arrived from Louisville, Kentucky, and was scheduled to land just before 6pm local time.
The plane performed two go-arounds before touching down safely on the airport's north runway at 6.45pm. Emergency services were on standby as it landed. The incident led to the closure of the north runway for aircraft removal, with all operations transferred to the south runway.
Dublin Airport confirmed that flights were continuing as normal using the south runway only. A spokesperson said: 'All flights at Dublin Airport are taking off and landing as normal this evening, using our South Runway only, as our airfield operations teams assist an aircraft on the North Runway. Passengers due to fly this evening should make their way to the airport as normal.'
The incident follows a separate emergency earlier this week involving a Ryanair flight from Glasgow Prestwick to Murcia, which diverted to London Stansted after a passenger fell ill. That flight landed safely and the passenger received medical attention.
