Richard Tafoya
Jun 30th, 2007, 01:44 PM
LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-britbomb1jul01,0,4384435.story?coll=la-home-center
Two men crashed a car into the main doors of the Glasgow airport today, and it exploded in a ball of flames just inside the terminal. Authorities arrested the men and shut down Scotland's busiest airport, but there were no reports of casualties among passengers or other visitors.
The incident came a day after police in central London defused two cars packed with gasoline and gas cylinders, raising fears of new terror attacks two years after suicide bombings on the London transit system.
The two men inside the car were seen setting fire to it and one tried to set himself on fire, according to a witness who helped police wrestle the man to the ground.
"It was an inferno, flames about 35 to 40 feet," said airport worker Thomas Conroy.
Police said they arrested the two men. The airport and adjacent roads were closed, and flights were canceled.
The British Broadcasting Corp. quoted police sources as saying that one of the men was being questioned and the other was hospitalized under guard.
The BBC aired several witness descriptions of the incident. One of the witnesses, Stephen Clarkson, described how he helped police overpower the driver of the vehicle, whom he described as an Asian male.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-britbomb1jul01,0,4384435.story?coll=la-home-center
Two men crashed a car into the main doors of the Glasgow airport today, and it exploded in a ball of flames just inside the terminal. Authorities arrested the men and shut down Scotland's busiest airport, but there were no reports of casualties among passengers or other visitors.
The incident came a day after police in central London defused two cars packed with gasoline and gas cylinders, raising fears of new terror attacks two years after suicide bombings on the London transit system.
The two men inside the car were seen setting fire to it and one tried to set himself on fire, according to a witness who helped police wrestle the man to the ground.
"It was an inferno, flames about 35 to 40 feet," said airport worker Thomas Conroy.
Police said they arrested the two men. The airport and adjacent roads were closed, and flights were canceled.
The British Broadcasting Corp. quoted police sources as saying that one of the men was being questioned and the other was hospitalized under guard.
The BBC aired several witness descriptions of the incident. One of the witnesses, Stephen Clarkson, described how he helped police overpower the driver of the vehicle, whom he described as an Asian male.