Dreamliner in emergency landing at Glasgow Airport

A POLISH LOT Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner with 260 passengers on board was diverted to Glasgow Airport today after its captain declared an emergency en route from Chicago to Warsaw.

The Dreamliner pictured en route to Glasgow Airport. Picture: Ewan Petrie

The aircraft landed safely at 11:35am and was checked by firefighters who “deemed it safe” to taxi to a parking stand beside the terminal, the airport said.

An airport spokesman said he believed firefighters had boarded the aircraft and there was “no visible signs of smoke”.

The passengers were due to disembark from the aircraft normally, with no emergency chutes being deployed.

The spokesman said the plane had been checked after it had moved off the runway following landing.

He said: “At no point was there any impact on operations at the airport.”