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The Glasgow Airport attack was a terrorist ramming attack which occurred on 30 June 2007, at 15:11 BST, when a dark green Jeep Cherokee loaded with propane canisters was driven at the glass doors of the Glasgow Airport terminal and set ablaze. [3]
Edinburgh Air Charter Flight 3W was a charter flight from Glasgow to Aberdeen. On September 3, 1999, an engine failed during takeoff at Glasgow. The aircraft then crashed short of the runway, killing 8 of the 11 people on board. The Cessna 404 Titan was chartered by Edinburgh Air Charter but operating with Airtours and carrying Airtours employees.
The aircraft was operating a scheduled passenger flight from Abbotsinch Airport, Glasgow. Despite the loss of a wing in the accident, the aircraft was repaired and returned to service. [35] 9 December – KLM Douglas DC-2 PH-AKL crashed into a house shortly after take-off from Croydon Airport.
John Smeaton KGM (born 1976 [3]), also known by the nickname Smeato, is a former baggage handler at Glasgow Airport. He became involved in thwarting the 2007 Glasgow Airport attack . Smeaton lives in Erskine , Renfrewshire, [ 4 ] a town outside the city and near the airport.
2007 Glasgow Airport attack; 2013 Glasgow helicopter crash; I. 1990 Scotland RAF Shackleton crash; K. 1948 KLM Constellation air disaster; L. Loganair Flight 670A;
The crash killed 67 people in the deadliest air disaster in more than two decades. The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.
A few minutes before the crash, the pilot had received air traffic control clearance to return to Glasgow City Heliport. [ 10 ] At 22:22, approximately two miles (three kilometres) east of its home base, the helicopter crashed on the flat roof of The Clutha, a pub in Stockwell Street [ 10 ] ( Clutha is Latin for the River Clyde , which is ...
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