Breaking: Highland Councillor witnesses ongoing police incident at Glasgow Airport amid unconfirmed reports of a 'suspicious item'
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A Highland Councillor has been caught up in the ongoing “police incident” at Glasgow airport amid reports of a suspicious item in someone’s luggage.
Police Scotland were called around 06.00 and a Royal Navy bomb disposal team had been sent to airport.
Sections of the airport have been closed with a large number of passengers moved to the nearby multi-storey car park.
Dingwall and Seaforth Councillor Angela Maclean is at the airport and reports seeing the bomb disposal unit's robot – it later entered the terminal.
Photos from the scene show passengers with suitcases and some in foil blankets while airport staff do their best to look after passengers with bottles of water.
She described the scene, saying: “It was calm inside the airport early 6am or 7 am this morning. We couldn't hear what was being said on the tannoy then people were asked to move out to the carpark around 8.30am.
“We passed the bomb squad truck with the robot sitting outside it. We were asked to move to the back of the car park. Many have been given blankets and foil blankets. Water was distributed inside the airport.”
A spokesperson for the airport said the central search check-in desks were closed and that passengers arriving at the airport for departing flights will face delays while checks are carried out.
