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Glasgow Airport: Seventeen injured as aircraft aborts take-off

 

17 passengers have been injured during the evacuation of an aircraft that made an emergency stop during take off at Glasgow Airport after smoke appeared in the cabin.

The crew and 189 passengers on the Jet2 flight bound for Alicante left the aircraft using emergency chutes.

Four people, including one elderly woman, were taken to hospital after suffering leg and chest injuries, and 13 people were treated at the scene. There were not thought to be any serious injuries.

A passenger said he was "about to scream out to the cabin crew" to alert them to the smoke when the captain braked hard and brought the plane to a halt.

Graham Divers, from Glasgow, added: "I was sitting in row 11 and I could smell smoke as we were accelerating hard.

"One or two passengers, including myself, had our reading light on and when I looked up to the lamps and the ceiling, I could actually see smoke swirling around and I thought, oops, there's something not right here.

"We were accelerating very, very hard down the runway at this stage and I was about to scream out to the cabin crew when obviously the pilot realised there was something wrong and he immediately throttled the engines back and put the brakes on. It's the hardest braking I've ever experienced in my life.

"There was a stunned silence when we stopped, everyone was in shock. The captain called the cabin crew into the cockpit and a few minutes later yelled 'evacuate, evacuate'.

It was only afterwards that people began to shake and realise exactly what had happened."

Mr Divers said the crew were "brilliant" and the captain should be praised for running up and down the cabin to ensure everyone was off the plane before him.

Natalie Crawford, from Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, said it was a "scary experience", adding: "Just as the plane was about to lift off, there was a strong smell of smoke and the cabin instantly filled up.

What made it worse was the lights were out because it was an early morning flight. Myself and my family were going for a long weekend to Benidorm for my dad's 50th. Although we're all ok it has been a scary experience."

The incident happened at around 7.40am and the runway was closed until 10am, causing serious disruption to flights to and from the airport.

flights were cancelled, including two inbound flights from London City and Gatwick airports, 14 departures were delayed and six arrivals were diverted to Edinburgh, Manchester, Prestwick and Aberdeen airports.

Police spokesman said passengers on the Boeing 737-800 had been evacuated as a precaution.

A statement from Jet2 said: "This morning's flight LS177 from Glasgow Airport to Alicante made an emergency stop on the runway just prior to take-off. The aircraft was forced to curtail take off due to smoke in the cabin."

A passenger plane has made a safe emergency landing at Dublin Airport after crew detected smoke in the cockpit.

Meanwhile, another aircraft en route from Manchester to Tenerife had to make an emergency landing at Dublin Airport after smoke in the cockpit.

All passengers were safely evacuated from the Thomas Cook plane