A memorable day for Shannon Airport as it embraces the jumbo jet age.
It was a smooth landing for the first scheduled jumbo jet at Shannon Airport with 311 passengers on board. The Pan Am Boeing 747 landed after a transatlantic crossing from the United States.
This was the first scheduled landing of a jumbo jet at Shannon. There had been previous landings but they were for training purposes.
After landing at Shannon, the flight continued on to London.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 11 August 1970.
