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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;
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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Nijmegen was scheduled to fly from its home base at Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam at 8:00 p.m. CET to New York via Prestwick, with Shannon Airport in Ireland as the alternative stopover point in case of bad weather at Prestwick. The aircraft carried sufficient fuel to divert to Shannon and then back to Schiphol, if necessary.