Glasgow International Airport - Accidents and Incidents

Accidents and Incidents

• On 3 September 1999, a Cessna 404 carrying nine Airtours staff from Glasgow to Aberdeen on a transfer flight, crashed minutes after take off near the town of Linwood, Renfrewshire. Eight people were killed and three seriously injured. No one on the ground was hurt. A fatal accident inquiry into the accident later found that the aircraft developed an engine malfunction during take off. Although the captain decided to return to the airfield, he mistakenly identified the working engine as the faulty one and shut it down, causing the aircraft to crash.

• On 30 June 2007, a day after the failed car bomb attacks in London, an attack at Glasgow International Airport occurred. A flaming Jeep Cherokee was driven into the entrance of Terminal 1. Two men, one alight, fled the vehicle before being apprehended by a combination of police officers, airport security officers and witnesses. One of the men died in the following months due to injuries sustained in the attack.

• On 19 October 2012 A jet2.com Boeing 737-800, registration G-GDFJ performing flight LS-177 to Alicante (Spain) with 189 passengers and 6 crew, was accelerating for takeoff from Glasgow's runway 05 when smoke appeared in the cabin prompting the crew to reject takeoff at high speed. The aircraft came to a safe stop, an evacuation via slides commenced causing injuries to 17 occupants. 4 people were taken to hospitals, 13 were treated on site.