Originally Posted by RTÉ

A transatlantic jet was forced to declare an emergency and divert to Shannon Airport after cabin crew reported smoke in the passenger cabin.

Northwest Airlines flight 821, an Airbus A330, was carrying 285 passengers and crew and was en route from Fiumicino Airport in Italy to Atlanta in the US.

At around 1pm, the pilot contacted air traffic controllers at Shannon and informed them of the emergency.
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The pilot requested permission to divert to Shannon where the plane touched down safely at around 1.30pm.

Units of the fire service from Shannon Town and Ennis, along with ambulances from Clare and Limerick, were scrambled to the airport.

The plane was inspected by engineers and given the all-clear to depart for Atlanta.

No one was injured in the incident.

Originally Posted by AV Herald

Incident: Northwest A333 over Atlantic on Jun 12th 2009, smoke in cabin
By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Jun 12th 2009 14:53Z, last updated Friday, Jun 12th 2009 16:06Z

N811NW being checked out
The crew of a Northwest Airlines Airbus A330-300, registration N811NW performing flight NW-821/DL-821 from Rome Fiumicino (Italy) to Atlanta,GA (USA) with 285 people on board, reported smoke in the cabin about 10 minutes after passing south of the southwest corner of Ireland at FL360, declared emergency and diverted to Shannon, where the airplane landed safely on runway 06 30 minutes later. Attending fire services sprayed the right hand main gear after landing.

The remainder of the flight was cancelled.

Shannon Airport reported, that there was a smokey odour in the forward galley prompting the diversion. The passengers disembarked normally at the gate.