AN AIR FRANCE flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Shannon today after a monitor warned of a fire on board.

The Boeing 747-jet had 156 people on board its flight from the Dominican Republic to Paris when the fire detection system sounded an alarm.

The jet was about an hour south west of Shannon when the alarm sounded, forcing it to make a mayday call and land at the Clare airport.

Reports now suggest that the fire was caused by heat from a cargo of vegetables on board.

A spokesperson for Shannon Airport said that the plane made the landing around 10am and that all passengers and crew were evacuated unharmed.

A replacement plane was sent and the passengers were all able to finish their journey this evening, leaving Shannon just after 4pm.

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Heat from vegetables forces plane into emergency landing at Shannon

Read: Boston-bound flight diverts back to Shannon due to “suspected technical problem”

Read: Here are the 30 countries who have landed military aircraft in Shannon since 2009

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