It is understood that the aircraft had been in Shannon for maintenance and was positioning to Cologne at the time.

The four Croatian football supporters had hoped to fly to London for the Dinamo Zagreb versus Arsenal FC Champions League match at the Emirates Stadium on the evening of January 22nd.

Judge John Brennan had said that if William Horn, 29, of Stone Rings Lane, Harrowgate, England, donated €500 to a Dublin charity, he would be spared a criminal record.

Rachel Finnegan was flying home from Copenhagen with her husband and son when high winds forced the plane to divert to Manchester