HOLIDAYMAKERS had to be evacuated from a charter jet last night at Glasgow Airport after smoke started to fill the cabin.
The Thomas Cook Boeing 757-200 had just touched down from Dalaman in Turkey last night when the incident happened.
The flight deck and rear area of the plane were engulfed in smoke, and passengers had to be evacuated through emergency chutes on the sides in the pouring rain, after which the emergency services swung into action.
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