Posted on 10/10/2006 1:00:42 PM PDT by MadIvan
A man is being questioned by police after a security alert forced the closure of part of Heathrow Airport.
About 2,000 people were evacuated from Terminal Two after a suspect package was found in the check-in area.
Police said they were looking into reports that a man had run up to a desk, dropped off a package and then fled.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "That is certainly a line of inquiry and CCTV is being checked."
Passengers faced delays in entering the building as staff called travellers through flight-by-flight, prioritising those flights leaving first.
As a result, queues built up at each of the terminal entrances.
Dave Winship, travelling to Zimbabwe on a 7pm flight, said it looked unlikely that he would leave on time.
"What annoys me more than anything else is that there is no information," he said.
"They're relying on some poor bloke shouting down the queue."
British Airports Authority said the terminal was evacuated as a precaution and had reopened at around 5pm.
An airport spokesman said: "After an initial investigation by the police, Terminal Two was reopened at approximately 1700.
"During the time the terminal was closed, arriving passengers on Terminal Two airlines were disembarked with their luggage at Terminal One.
"Some disruption to Terminal Two operations should be expected for the remainder of the day."
Police said the package had been found to be non-suspicious but refused to comment on its contents.
Regards, Ivan
Ping!
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Have you seen this? National Review is giving it good reviews!
Who knows if he was even a "joker"? They're not providing much info. These wild overreactions to "suspicious" objects/actions are more likely to get somebody killed than the actual objects/actions. Thousands of scared people evacuating from a large building that is not very familiar to most of them is a recipe for fatal tramplings.
You know a good old fashioned Crusade would end all this nonsense??
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