Passengers' terror as Jet2 airliner is forced to abort landing.

A PLANE full of terrified holidaymakers had to abort landing twice yesterday after its undercarriage failed.

The Jet2 flight from Spain was less than 100 feet above the runway at Glasgow airport when the alarm was raised.

And the same thing happened when the plane came in for a second attempt minutes later.

The jet finally landed safely the third time with its wheels in place - and was met by a fleet of fire engines which were scrambled in case of a crash.

Holidaymakers on the flight told how some passengers were weeping and others were sick. Susan Hartley, 29, who had been away with boyfriend John Brown, 31, said she was in tears.

"Some were people crying and a woman sat a few rows ahead of us was sick," she said.

"It was pretty terrifying but most people seemed to remain calm.

"We were only about 10 to 20 metres from the runway when the pilot hit full throttle and we swooped back up. Nobody knew what was going on until the cabin crew said the captain had deemed it unsafe to land.

"The captain then came on and said sorry and there had been a problem with landing conditions. He said he was confident they could try again, but the same thing happened.

"This time, we didn't even get near the ground.

"The plane was almost full and people were looking at each other not knowing what was going on.

"When we came down a third time, everything worked fine and we could see the fire engines chasing us down the runway.

"It wasn't a good experience but the crew were all very good with us. There were also first-aiders waiting for us when we got off the plane."

The flight from Alicante was due to touch down at 3.05pm. It finally landed at 3.35pm.

An airline spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that Jet2.com flight LS178 from Alicante to Glasgow on September 15 circled twice before landing due to a minor technical fault with the landing gear.

"The aircraft landed safely at 15.35. We apologise to our passengers for any inconvenience this may have caused."

A spokesman for airport operators BAA said: "We put our contingency plans in place as a precautionary measure which involved scrambling the fire service to the scene. The plane landed safely and taxied as normal."

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