Plane’s take-off from Dundee Airport halted by blaze

A plane caught fire at Dundee Airport just before take-off.

Smoke started filling the cockpit of the Tayside Aviation Grob aircraft at 10.20am on Friday as it taxied towards the runway.

The two people inside the plane, used for training, escaped unhurt before the blaze was put out by the airport’s own firefighters.

Five fire engines were also sent by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service before they were stood down within 10 minutes.

Engineers were later called in by Tayside Aviation to investigate the cause of the fire which had started in an engine filter.

A spokesman for Dundee Airport operator Highlands and Islands Airports said: “The plane was taxiing for take-off and some smoke was noticed in the engine area and in the cockpit.

“The crew self-evacuated the aircraft and the airport fire service were called to the scene that’s standard procedure.

“The aircraft has now been towed back to the engineering site for further investigation,” he said.