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Shannon

watty · 2014-04-19 09:41:46

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27040076 Also on R4 LW

19-04-2014 10:41am

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Down the road from the airport, Ballygirreen houses the North Atlantic Communications Centre, where those voices speak out into the dark, and listen in. It's a terrifically busy place and yet one of calm efficiency, handling 400,000 flights in the Shannon and Prestwick airspace - or Shanwick - which reaches into the mid-Atlantic, covering three million square kilometres. There are many stories, from the dramatic events on 9/11, unruly passengers requiring a flight diversion, to romances between local women and the men who came to build Ireland's aviation history and stayed.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27040076

Also on R4 LW

You can listen to the full report on Radio 4's Archive on 4 on Saturday 19 April at 20:00 BST

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