A plane bound for New York was today forced to turn back at Glasgow Airport after a fire was detected in the luggage hold, a spokeswoman for Scottish Airports said.
The 11.55 a.m Continental 757 Glasgow to Newark service was turned round an hour into its journey.
The spokeswoman said: "The 140 passengers were safely disembarked when the plane landed at Glasgow at 1.45pm and the situation is still being assessed."
She said the pilot made the decision to turn round after a warning light indicated smoke in the hold.
She added: "Glasgow Airport was closed for half-an-hour to allow the plane to perform an emergency landing.
"Once it landed the airport's fire service and local emergency services were deployed to the scene and inflatable chutes were used to get the passengers off."
The spokeswoman could not say precisely what happened.
"The situation is still being assessed," she added.
Strathclyde Fire Brigade said it was called to Glasgow Airport after receiving a report of a "small fire in the luggage hold".