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Plane sealed off at airport (Glasgow)
bbc ^ | 3/19/03

Posted on 03/19/2003 11:46:40 AM PST by knak

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.

More soon.


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that's it for now
1 posted on 03/19/2003 11:46:40 AM PST by knak
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To: knak
Puddle jumper.
2 posted on 03/19/2003 11:48:38 AM PST by Dog Gone
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To: knak
*shuffling through things* where did I put my tin-foil hat?
Bio-weaponry? We shall see...
That's a nasty bug out there.
3 posted on 03/19/2003 11:50:02 AM PST by eyespysomething (Pray for our troops, our President, our country.)
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To: knak
Let's hope it's just some bad salmon, and not one of those human suicide germ bomb jihadis we've been hearing about.
4 posted on 03/19/2003 11:50:14 AM PST by Argus
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To: Dog Gone
Puddle jumper.

Puddle jumper? From Stornoway?

5 posted on 03/19/2003 11:54:56 AM PST by Eala
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To: knak
On any other day this would be a 100+ reply thread by now.
7 posted on 03/19/2003 11:56:57 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: Badabing Badaboom
Glasgow is my home town.

I won't hold it against you. We have to meet for drinks when this is all over.

9 posted on 03/19/2003 11:59:16 AM PST by The Great Satan (Revenge, Terror and Extortion: A Guide for the Perplexed)
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To: knak
There's always the ever-unpopular on FR possibility that it's simply MSI (Mass Sociogenic Illness).
10 posted on 03/19/2003 11:59:38 AM PST by John H K
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To: Badabing Badaboom
wonderful
11 posted on 03/19/2003 11:59:39 AM PST by knak (kelly in alaska)
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To: knak
maybe the mystery flu bug?
12 posted on 03/19/2003 12:00:13 PM PST by CFW
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To: Badabing Badaboom
Glasgow is my home town.

Glasgow's miles better.

14 posted on 03/19/2003 12:00:57 PM PST by Eala
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To: Badabing Badaboom
Sounds good. Gotta run. Catch you this evening.
16 posted on 03/19/2003 12:04:41 PM PST by The Great Satan (Revenge, Terror and Extortion: A Guide for the Perplexed)
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To: knak
Passenger jet grounded amid sickness scare
Mar 19 2003

A plane has been grounded at Glasgow airport after three passengers fell ill.

The British Midland jet was isolated at 6.30pm after arriving on the shuttle route from London Heathrow, a spokesman for airports authority BAA says.

Port health authorities boarded the plane to examine three people who were reported to have been taken ill on the flight.

A BAA spokesman says isolating the aircraft is a "routine" procedure.

17 posted on 03/19/2003 1:03:48 PM PST by knak (kelly in alaska)
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To: Eala
My husband was a Scottish Dance Band leader. After a gig in Stornoway, he and the band together with their instruments flew on a puddle jumper to Plockton on the mainland.

The pilot sized everyone up and loaded the plane accordingly. They paid at the end of the flight!

Life in the fast lane!

18 posted on 03/19/2003 1:18:57 PM PST by Churchillspirit
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