"Holiday jet in Edinburgh Airport landing scares"
Apr 30 2008 By Amy Devine
Exclusive DOZENS of passengers suffered the terror of two aborted landings because the pilot feared the runway wasn't safe to land on.
People on board the flyglobespan jet froze as the Boeing 737-700 was twice pulled back into the air.
Poor visibility and lack of a landing guidance system on the secondary runway at Edinburgh Airport - being used while the main strip is resurfaced - prompted the pilot's actions.
But the passengers, who were re-routed to Glasgow Airport, were left terrified.
Retired couple Harry and Rosie Blackley were on the flight.
Rosie, 61, said: "It was awful. Passengers cried out in fear."
Grandfather Harry added: "We were left a bunch of nervous wrecks. There were a lot of upset people."
Rosie and Harry, of Penicuik, Midlothian, were returning from Lanzarote early on Monday when the drama unfolded.
Buses were laid on at Glasgow to take passengers to Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Airport's main runway is closed at night for major resurfacing work.
A spokeswoman for flyglobespan yesterday said sorry to passengers. She added: "Safety is always our primary concern."
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See that effin Daily Record - I was on that flight, and the captain came over the PA straightafter the go around to state the weather is too poor and because the main runway is closed, they can't use the automatic landing that they would normally use in poor weather!!!
People really annoy me when they head straight to the papers. GSM can't bloody win! If they landed on the runway, and something happened, they'd get bad press.
Braindead SLF!
