Boeing Dreamliner flying from U.S. makes emergency landing in Scotland


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  • Saturday, 27 Sep 2014

Air Canada's Boeing 787 Dreamliner lands at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, May 18, 2014. REUTERS/Aaron Harris

LONDON/WARSAW (Reuters) - A Boeing Co Dreamliner flying from Chicago to Poland with 248 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Glasgow, Scotland, on Friday after crew received an alert from the fire protection system in the baggage hold.

Emergency services met the plane from Polish state airline LOT [LOT.UL], which had been heading for Warsaw, at 9:35 a.m. local time (1035 GMT), Glasgow's airport said. Other traffic at the airport was not affected.

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