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

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(Reuters) – A Boeing Dreamliner flying from Chicago to Poland with 248 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Scotland’s Glasgow airport on Friday after crew received an alert from the fire protection system in the baggage hold.

Emergency services met the 787 Dreamliner of the Polish state airline LOT, which had been heading for Warsaw, at 1035 GMT, the airport said. It was given the all clear before it taxied to a stand.

“The crew received an alert from the fire protection system in the baggage hold. In accordance with safety rules, the plane had to land at the nearest airport for checks,” LOT spokeswoman Barbara Pijanowska-Kuras told Poland’s TVN24 channel.

Fireman attending the scene did not see any fire or smoke, she said.

Polish airline LOT said the emergency landing made by one of its planes in Scotland on Friday had been down to a faulty fire alert system and not by a fire.

Boeing’s Dreamliner model has encountered several problems since entering commercial service in 2011. The global fleet was grounded for three months early in 2013 after two lithium-ion batteries burned in two incidents in Japan and the United States.