'Petrified' British schoolchildren were forced to 'get down'
after reports of a gunman as they were stranded in a Turkish airport
during a military coup. Parent, Lisa Ledbury, 43, said children from the
Arthur Terry School (pictured, boarding their bus while leaving, left)
saw tanks on the runway and heard explosions during a school trip that
her daughter was on, along with 40 others. She described the ordeal as
'the longest night of our lives' after being trapped in the Ataturk
Airport, Istanbul, as the coup unfolded. More than 250 people were
killed during the uprising, which was eventually crushed within five
hours. Today, flights to and from Turkey were cancelled, leaving
holidaymakers forced to wait in airports (bottom right) or walk away
with their baggage (top right).
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