A security check will be done later today on a US passenger airplane that made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport yesterday in a bomb scare.
The United Airlines flight - en route from London Heathrow to JFK New York - was diverted to Shannon after the crew found a suspicious note on board.
A Garda spokesman said the crew found a note on a paper napkin that suggested there may have been a bomb on the aircraft.
"A United crew member found a note in a seat-back on theaircraft and . . . we made the decision to divert the aircraft to Shannon," a United Airlines spokeswoman in London said.
A spokesman for the Cork-based Army Bomb Disposal Squad said the situation was being monitored.
The plane landed safely at 4.30 p.m. yesterday and all 197 passengers and crew were evacuated. The airport was operating normally last night and plans were being made to accommodate passengers on alternative flights.
It's understood there were no military personnel on the flight.