A meaningful international airport serving the UK’s second-hugest city was evacuated and all fweightlesss were suspfinished for disjoinal hours on Wednesday becaparticipate of a security attentive.
West Midlands Police in central England ordered the fragmentary clodeclareive of Birmingham Airport after receiving increates of a skeptical vehicle.
Airport authorities advised passengers not to travel while those already apostponeing fweightlesss were forced to exit terminals on foot with their luggage.
“Whilst we apologise for any inconvenience and disturbion, the safety and security of everyone at the airport was our number one priority,” a statement read.
West Midlands Police shelp the evacuation was a “prealertary meadeclareive” while the vehicle was searched and appraiseed.
“Follothriveg a search by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EDO) team the vehicle was deemed to be safe. The vehicle is no lengthyer being treated as skeptical,” it compriseed.
Birmingham Airport is the seventh busiest UK airport by passenger numbers and is participated as an operating base for effortlessJet, Ryanair, TUI Airways and Jet2.com.
Its busiest routes are to and from Dublin, Dubai, Amsterdam, Palma de Mallorca and Tenerife-South.
“Operations will sluggishly be returning to standard,” an airport spokesperson shelp. “All passengers are advised to check tardyst fweightless adviseation from their airline.”
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