A Ryanair flight has collided with a fuel tanker at a British airport causing holidaymakers to be evacuated.
Passengers had boarded the aircraft and were waiting to fly out to Faro in Portugal from Edinburgh Airport.
One passenger told The Scottish Sun: “It was scary, the pilot came on the intercom and tried to pretend it wasn’t as serious as it looked.
“They can’t use the plane anymore.”
“It was just starting to move and was driving to the runway when it crashed into the fuel tank.”
A spokesman for Edinburgh Airport confirmed there was an “incident” however denied claims that the collision had caused a fire.
They added there had been “no impact” on operations at the airport.
A spokesman Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed it was contacted after an “aircraft collided with a fuel truck”.
The Ryanair flight was involved in the incident at the Scottish airport (file pic)
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PACrews currently have one pump on standby while fire airport crews deal with the incident.
More to follow…
