GATWICK AIRPORT EVACUATED

London, 3 Safar 1437/15 November 2015 (MINA) – Passengers were evacuated from a terminal in London’s Gatwick Airport on Saturday morning in response to an apparent security alert.

Travellers at the airport’s North Terminal posted images on social media, World Bulletin quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

“The terminal is being evacuated at the moment. It is for the protection at the public,” a local police spokeswoman said, World Bulletin quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

She told the newspaper’s website that the evacuation was a precaution sparked by the discovery of a “suspicious article”, but did not give further details.

University of London geography professor Tim Unwin, who appeared to be at the airport, wrote on Twitter that passengers were told to leave the North Terminal’s first floor shortly after 10 a.m., local time.

He posted photographs of people standing alongside their luggage in the road on the social networking website.
Flights appeared to still be taking off, but with shorts delays, according to the airport’s website.

Gatwick, 45 kilometers to the south of London, is the U.K. capital’s second-largest airport.

Britain has not raised its terror threat level in response to Friday night’s attacks in Paris, but police have announced increased patrols in crowded central London areas this weekend. (T/P006/R04)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)