Glasgow airport partly evacuated due to concerns over suspicious cargo
Package turns out to contain glass tubes filled with vaccines that leaked
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Your support makes all the difference.The international area of Glasgow airport was evacuated this morning due to concerns over a piece of suspect cargo on an incoming KLM aircraft.
The package has since been declared safe. A spokesperson for Glasgow Airport said: “At approximately 10am today, the airport fire service attended an arriving KLM flight in response to concerns raised over a piece of cargo. The incident was stood down at 13.25 after the package was declared safe by emergency services.”
All other parts of the airport remained operational while fire services and police attended the scene.
Images shared on social media by an eyewitness showed fire engines and emergency services lined up at the airport.
Flight KL1473 landed in Glasgow at 10.19am this morning.
KLM said in a statement: “KLM confirms that on board KL1473, operating between Amsterdam and Glasgow, a package packed in dry ice started to leak this afternoon.
“The package contained glass tubes with vaccines. These tubes have remained intact with only the cooling around them starting to leak.
“As a precaution, the fire brigade cordoned off the immediate vicinity of the aircraft. Passengers were never in danger but were taken off board as a precaution.
“The incident was stood down at 13.30 after the package was declared safe by emergency services.”
According to tracking website Flight Radar 24, aircraft continued landing and departing from the airport, the second busiest in Scotland after Edinburgh, during the incident.
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