Plane sealed off at Glasgow Airport
 

A British Midlands aircraft has been sealed off at Glasgow Airport with its passengers on board.
Public health officials are on their way to the scene.

There are unconfirmed reports that some passengers have been taken ill.

The shuttle plane from London Heathrow landed at 1830 GMT on Wednesday.

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A jet with 134 people on board was sealed off at Glasgow Airport for more than an hour after passengers fell ill.
Public health officials were called to the airport and the BMI aircraft was isolated.

A doctor and an environmental health officer boarded the plane to examine four people from the same family who fell ill during the flight.

The shuttle plane from London Heathrow landed at 1830 GMT on Wednesday, but the passengers were not allowed to leave the aircraft until 1950.

A spokesman for BAA said isolating the aircraft was a "routine" procedure.

All other passengers on board have been advised to see their own doctors if any symptoms develop

BMI spokesman
A spokesman for BMI said a family of four began vomiting during the flight.

The UK residents were returning home from a trip to Karachi.

"As a matter of routine doctors were informed and went on board to see what the problem was," said the spokesman.

He said the family appeared to have contracted a stomach bug while in Pakistan.

"The doctor told them to see their GP in the morning and allowed them to go home," he said.

"All other passengers on board have been advised to see their own doctors if any symptoms develop."

The flight was the BD10 and my colleague was on it.

She said that when the flight landed at GLA pax were told of the problem and there would be a delay of about 10 minutes (!) until the medics arrived. Well 10 minutes became an hour and a quarter, during which the crew dished out only water on request - needless to say it was an English crew;) I remember a few weeks ago on a bmi flight from LHR to GLA when there was quite a delay in pushback...the Scottish crew dished the booze out (on the ground) in great style, on the QT mind you;)