US Military Plane spotted doing laps over County Carlow

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Carlow Weather's Alan O'Reily says it is unrelated to Ukraine's President Zelenskyy

Not something you see everyday, as a US Navy Plane was seen doing laps over County Carlow.

It is believed the flight is not in relation to Ukraine's President Zelenskyy and is instead due to navigation issues and was in a holding pattern over Carlow.

Looking on the Flight Radar website the flight came from Cambridge in the UK, just before 1 pm and is a Lockheed Martin KC-130J Super Hercules.

Carlow Weather's Alan O'Reily posted to his Facebook account writing:

"Plenty of plane spotters wondering about this US Navy plane OTIS83 doing loops over Carlow. "

"It’s not related to that visit and actually has navigation issues and is in holding pattern while troubleshooting!"

The plane was doing laps over Carlow Town before looping through Kileshin in County Laois and looping again in Moone, County Kildare.

Not something you're likely to see everyday!

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