TWO Huddersfield engineers are stranded in crisis-torn Tripoli.
Glyn Richards and Martin Popiel were working in the Libyan capital on a project for the Huddersfield-based engineering firm Sellers.
Now they are anxiously awaiting news of a flight home, as thousands take to the streets and hundreds have been killed in violent protests over Col Gaddafi.
The two men had hoped to get a KLM flight today but that was cancelled last night, as was a flight due out on Thursday.
Now they are pinning their hopes on a flight from Libya on Friday, but there are no guarantees.
Mr Richards, 48, of Cawthorne, has worked for Sellers at its Chapel Hill base for 19 years.
He is currently the firm’s chief electrician.
Mr Popiel, of Slaithwaite, is a 39-year-old senior fitter and has worked for Sellers since 1986. Both men flew out 10 days ago to complete a £300,000 contract on fitting new machinery in a carpet factory.
The factory is on an industrial estate on the edge of Tripoli and Sellers had been commissioned to finish the manufacturing line.
