Attack left lasting impression on son

A mum has re l i v e d memories of the Glasgow Airport terror attack, which still haunts her family a decade on.

Ellen Moore, 60, was travelling to Majorca with her 10-year-old son when two bombers ploughed a Jeep laden with explosives into the terminal.

They were forced to flee after extremists targeted the jet hub, and she says she will never forget the horror.

Ellen told the Express: “We’ve been on holiday every year since ... and it really bothered me the first time we went back.

“We had to have a friend come with us to help distract my son.

“He was only 10 when it happened and it has definitely left a lasting impression on him.”

The terminal was packed with holidaymakers at the time and staff and police tried to keep control.

But within minutes, footage of the blazing motor was being beamed around the world.

Ellen added: “We had just checked our bags and were heading up the escalator when the alarms started going off.

“Everybody started leaving the building, but it was very orderly.

“Nobody was running, it was quite calm.

“It was then I saw a Jeep on fire. I thought it had crashed into the side of the building. I heard a pop and it went up.

“The police were on the scene. There weren’t too many at first, then it all became frantic.

“I heard somebody shout ‘ run’. That was when the panic started to set in.

“One of our party saw a man on fire.”

Crowds poured from the airport through the rain to try and get to safety as two men tried to spark gas canisters hidden in the car’s boot.

Retired school office worker Ellen, from Renfrew, ran to shelter with her family and watched flames engulf the motor.

Officers began herding shocked passengers away from the area, as airline staff held a roll-call and the airport was put on lockdown.

Immigration controls were suspended and it was declared a no- fly zone as investigators probed the attack.