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| Glasgow flight skids off runway |
Glasgow flight skids off runway |
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An aeroplane on a flight from Glasgow has skidded off the runway after landing at Lanzarote airport in the Canary Islands. | Passengers on a Thomas Cook chartered flight from Glasgow have escaped injury after their plane skidded off the runway at Lanzarote airport. |
The Air Europa Boeing-737 plane had 74 people on board when the incident happened at about 0710 GMT. | The Air Europa Boeing-737 plane had 74 people on board when it left Glasgow Airport at about 0300 GMT on Friday. |
The aeroplane is understood to have come to a halt close to a beach. Passengers are said to have been shaken but otherwise unharmed. | Flight UX-196 came off the runway after touching down in Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands, at about 0710 GMT. |
| The plane is understood to have come to a halt close to a beach. Passengers were unhurt but shaken by the incident. |
| The airport has been closed while the emergency services remove the aircraft. | The airport has been closed while the emergency services remove the aircraft. |
It is understood Flight UX-196 was a charter flight. | A spokesman for Air Europa said: "There was a problem on landing. All the passengers left the plane and are fine and are being taken to their hotels." |
| Spanish airport authority spokesman Alberto Martin Carvajal said the aircraft left the runway near the end of the landing strip. | Spanish airport authority spokesman Alberto Martin Carvajal said the aircraft left the runway near the end of the landing strip. |
The plane is reported to have ended up perpendicular to the runway. | It is reported to have ended up perpendicular to the runway. |
| Mr Carvajal said passengers and crew were evacuated from the plane and no-one was hurt. | Mr Carvajal said passengers and crew were evacuated from the plane and no-one was hurt. |
| The Spanish Interior Ministry office in the Canary Islands confirmed the flight had been carrying 74 passengers and crew members. | The Spanish Interior Ministry office in the Canary Islands confirmed the flight had been carrying 74 passengers and crew members. |
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