Car Crashes into Scottish Airport

Via Al Jazeera -

A Jeep Cherokee with flames pouring from it has rammed into the main terminal of Glasgow airport in Scotland.

The vehicle was driven at full speed and crashed into glass doors at the entrance to the airport. The crash sparked a fire and the airport has been evacuated.

A Glasgow police spokeswoman said there were no immediate reports of any injuries and that the blaze had been extinguished.

She said two people had been arrested following the incident.

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Police would not confirm if there was any link between saturday's incident and two failed car bombs foiled by police in central London on Friday.

The office of Gordon Brown, Britain's new prime minister, said he was "being kept aware" of the situation.

Susie Cormack, reporting for Al Jazeera at the airport, said the two men who were arrested were believed to be the driver of the Jeep and a passenger, contradicting earlier reports that there was only one person in the vehicle.

Cormack said the car looked as if it was on fire when it hit a barrier near the main terminal.

The driver then got out of the car "took out what looked like a container of flammable liquid, doused himself in it, set himself on fire and set off to the main terminal and through to the departure hall."

Cormack said the man was unable to make it to the hall as he was accosted by airport security who tried to put the fire out.

The incident has caused chaos on a busy Saturday in what is holiday season in Scotland.

Ian Crosby, a taxi driver outside the terminal, said: "It raced across the central reservation and went straight into the building.

"It would appear to me to have been a deliberate attack. I think this was a terrorist attack."