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A TRANSATLANTIC JET has made an emergency landing at Dublin Airport after the crew reported an engine fire.
American Airlines flight AA-101 was en route from London Heathrow to New York at the time, with 206 passengers and a crew of 13 on board. The Boeing 777-200 jet was passing over Ireland when the crew diverted to Dublin Airport.
The pilot told air traffic controllers here that they needed to divert as they had a “fire in the left engine”.
The airport’s fire and medical services were placed on standby and met the plane as it landed safely at 11.47 this morning. The fire team used thermal imaging equipment to check for any sign of fire.
Controllers confirmed there was no sign of smoke, while the fire crew also said they was no sign of a blaze. It’s now understood that the crew received an engine fire indication but that there was in fact no fire.
The airline confirmed that the flight diverted to Dublin after an indicator light in the cockpit indicated a possible mechanical issue.
“Our maintenance team is currently inspecting the aircraft and we hope to have our customers on their way to New York soon. We never want to disrupt our customers’ travel plans, and we are sorry for the trouble this caused,” the airline said.
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Cool postcards enjoyed looking at them – what’s with all the heavy cloak / costs the women were wearing in Clonakilty though ?
The hooded cloak was worn by women native to west Cork,for many years there was a bar in Maccroom which was called the hooded cloak.
It’s called a traditional hooded cloak .
They look like Burkas.
That’s a very traditional type of cloak. Various types of shawls and cloaks were common throughout the whole country until relatively recently.
The Bandon Cloak or Kinsale Cloak was used in the film The French Lieutenant’s Woman; fantastically flattering cloak, with the huge hood framing the face: http://filmfanatic.org/reviews/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/Streep.JPG
Love the postcards… Should bring them back… The ones that we used to have in the good ole days. The ones that we have now are a bit boring..
They are too un PC to bring back, same reason you’ll never buy a golly bar again
I love the guy’s sassy swimming togs in the ’70′s beach pic.
I’m not sure what’s “saucy” about these postcards.
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Any information on the dates they were published? Some off them are obviously pre-Independence.
Not saucy compared to what you gat nowadays, but I love them, well done. Brings back memories of holidays in Tramore and such like.
Coats oops
The hinde postcard…legend
The cloaks might look like burkas, but if any of those women would emigrtate to other places they would dress appropriately to the country/climate they would end up in. Is the Cork shawl, the Kinsale or Clonakilty cloak to be seen anywhere in the world today ?
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