Passengers in airport security scare
PASSENGERS have revealed how they were interrogated following a security alert at Glasgow Airport.
The airport suspended operations temporarily after a security incident was declared on an inbound EasyJet flight from Gatwick yesterday morning.
The runway was closed after the aircraft EZY 883 landed at 10.25am before reopening after 22 minutes, just before 11am.
It was an additional two hours before the passengers of the flight were allowed to leave the airport.
One source said a package with something written on it was found in a toilet.
One of the passengers, Clive Harris, said: “We were waiting on the tarmac for about an hour. Then we had to wait for enough police to come and do the interviews.”
Passengers were initially unaware of the security alert until police and the fire service were on the scene.
They were informed that there was a broken-down plane on the runway before being told there was security threat in the airport.
According to passenger Steve Williams, above, it was only apparent the problem was in their aircraft once “they surrounded the plane with police cars”.
Police Scotland said it was made aware of the security incident by the flight crew. They boarded the plane before escorting the people to a lounge area, where each passenger was individually interviewed.
Chloe Booth, who was also on the flight, said: “They held us there for the last almost three hours basically, not telling us that much.”
Police later said they found nothing of note in the plane search. Flights later returned to normal.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “All passengers from the affected flight have been spoken to by officers and able to continue their journeys. The plane has been searched with a negative result and nothing has been found.”
An easyJet spokeswoman said: “We can confirm passengers on flight EZY883 from London Gatwick to Glasgow were delayed disembarking on arrival in Glasgow, purely as a precaution, due to additional security checks.”