The passengers escaped via emergency slides onto the tarmac at Glasgow Airport after smoke filled the cabin of the aircraft.

Police, fire fighters and ambulance crew attended the scene this morning after the alarm was raised at around 7.40am.

The Scottish Ambulance Service said it was treating four passengers for chest and hip injuries.

Passenger Jean Walker said some people had to jump from the aircraft wing to the ground.

She said: "It was terrifying.

"We were about to take off and the plane started shuddering and there were lights flashing and smoke and the crew started shouting 'Get out, get out'.

"We were sitting at the wing and the girl opened the door and we went out on the wing, but there wasn't a chute there.

"There were about eight or 10 of us on the wing and I was saying people couldn't come out because there was no chute.

"Two girls jumped off the wing on to the ground. They were OK."