Celtic plane aborts takeoff

CELTIC’S weary stars finally arrived back in Glasgow late yesterday afternoon after a terrifying experience as they attempted to return on Wednesday night.

After thrashing FBK Kaunas 4-0 in the Champions League second qualifying round they set off to Scotland in high spirits. But just seconds before their Britannia Boeing 757 was due to take off the pilot dramatically aborted his plans and slammed on the brakes.

As a result the Celtic staff, fans and journalists on the aircraft were forced to spend an extra night in Lithuania’s second biggest city.