RNLI Portferry's page on RNLI website saying it was launched on a shout an hour ago as is RNLI Peel's page also

I wonder if it`s an exercise,or a real emergency? I had a look on Marine Traffic, that`s a load of assets involved,but I didn`t see any ship in distress.
Doubtless more info will come out later, nothing on BBC NI news yet.

Just noticed HMCG Beechcraft Super King Air A350 G- HMGF as SSG226A and HMCG Augusta-Westland  AW189 G-MCGP as SRG199 responding to something off the Co Down coast, there's also 2 RNLI lifeboats in the vicinity.

Irish coast guard Agusta-Westland  AW139 EI-IRG as CGI116 is further south not sure if its responding to a different call?

Aer Lingus proposes cutting 500 jobs under a savings plan, including discontinuing some routes from Dublin.

More here from BBC News... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqe52l4yr4o

Noticed yesterday's flight to Larnaca was diverted to Amsterdam. Fly4 Boeing 738-8K5 EI-FFB as TOM56T. It looks to positioning back to BFS today and it looks like Privilage style Airbus A321-231 EC-NLJ as TOM4TC is returning stranded passangers?

1030 TUI fly Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner due out to CUN as BY376

BY9760 landed BFS 1123 from LGW

BY760 departed BFS 1423 to MEL

TUI fly Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner due in at 0655 as BY761 from MLB (assuming it's G-TUIM on the return leg to?)

1106 TUI fly Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner G-TUIM due from LGW as BY9760 .

Due out again 1322 as BY760 to MLB

A Flamingo Air Cessna 402C Utiliner III, C6-FLX, crashed when approaching runway 12 at San Andros Airport,sadly all 10 on board were killed in the accident.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/573813