East Midlands Airport: Video shows passengers on tarmac as airport evacuated
East Midlands Airport was evacuated earlier today.
Footage filmed by Nick Sheldon shows passengers on the tarmac at East Midlands Airport today (Tuesday 26 May) as the airport was evacuated.
A spokesperson for the airport, in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, said: "As a precautionary measure, we evacuated our terminal this morning after our security screening equipment highlighted a concern with a checked-in item of luggage.
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"Investigations have now concluded that there is no risk and we are resuming normal operations, with passengers re-entering the terminal."
The spokesperson apologised for any inconvenience and said "the safety of our customers and staff is our number one priority".