General Chat

No flight are leaving from there. My son and wife are due to land there tomorrow am from Gran Canaria ;(( An apparent car bomb attack on Glasgow airport has ended in terrifying failure. Witnesses said a blazing Cherokee jeep containing two Asian-looking men crashed through the doors of the main terminal building. A man with his clothes on fire got out of the vehicle and was restrained by passengers and police while others put out the flames with a fire extinguisher. Two men were later arrested. The airport was closed and passengers were cleared from the terminal building amid fears that it was a terrorist attack. The incident came as police in London continued to search for terrorists who planted two car bombs which failed to detonate in the heart of the capital. A spokesman for the airport's operators, the British Airports Authority, said emergency services were at the scene. He said: 'A car is on fire at the entrance to the terminal and there is considerable smoke damage to the terminal. The terminal has been evacuated as a result of this and all flights have now been suspended. This is the start of the busy summer holiday period, although Saturdays are less busy than week days. 'But this will cause disruption and our advice to passengers is to check with their airline to establish if their flight will be operating.' Another eyewitness, taxi driver Ian Crosby, said he was in no doubt that it was a terrorist attack. 'It looks to me like these people were intent on doing some serious damage,' he told the BBC. 'There was smoke coming from inside of the back seats,' he said. 'Immediately I realised this was a terrorist attack. Somebody had planned this. This was no accident.' Marion

Thank God there were no casualties. Jay

My friend Hayleys flying up to see her family next wk.

Everyone must have been terrified. We are due to pick my son aup at 8-45 tomorrow am. We are hoping he will phone us tonight. Marion

I think a Taxi driver witnessing a scene is as entitled to an opinion as anyone else. I am not a great brain.... but if I see a blazing car heading towards a building and breaking through it..... I would consider it as being A BIT DANGEROUS!! Deanna X

One of them was on fire -should of left him to burn

My son just phoned. They have bee told to carry on as normal for now but they might get put up in hotel.

Well, my son's flight left 3 hrs late and is being taken to Prestwick airport instead of Glasgow. Just on now Glasgow is now open. Will have to wait and see where they land. Marion

Did you see the queue of people outside the airport --why don`t they just stay at home till they know their flight will definitely be going? Ros xx

We are due to leave glasgow airport at 6a.m. tomorrow, we have been on the mytravel website but no info. on our flight yet, here's hoping. Tricia

Sorry for taking so long to get back. Their flight was two hour's late leaving, and were told they were going to Prestwick. Turns out it was Glasgow. Hubby went to Prestwick. They ended up getting a shuttle bus to Queen st station where hubby got them. They had no food or drinks on the plane as there was no time to get it stocked up. They had been put out of their room at 12 so it was a long day There was an orange walk in Glasgow which still took place so it was pretty busy. At least they are home safe, so should not complain. Marion

Glad they are home safely , Marion Ros xx

Thanks Ros Marion