Stansted Bomb scare: Passengers evacuated and flights delayed as Army is sent for suspicious package
Bomb scare at Stansted: Passengers are evacuated and flights are delayed as Army is sent into to examine suspicious package
Airport is evacuated after police found a suspicious package in the security area Essex Police are working with Military explosive experts inspecting furtherStansted has 50 flights scheduled to depart between now and midnightPassengers in security had to leave their luggage behind and have missed flightsStaff members are allegedly telling passengers it is a ‘serious incident’
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Stansted Airport has been evacuated after a suspicious package was found in the security area.
Passengers travelling from Stansted Airport were partially evacuated from Terminal 1 at around 1pm this afternoon.
Not long after, all passengers and staff were asked to move out of the building entirely and are now stood on the street at the front of the airport.
One passenger told MailOnline a staff member believed it was a ‘serious incident’.
Staff have been allowed back into the building but passengers are still waiting outside the terminal nearly four hours on.
Ricardo Cardoso tweeted from Stansted: ‘A Ryanair representative, also stranded outside of the terminal, told me that the flights will departure at the schedule time and we will get a new spot, free of charge, on the next available flight, possibly today or tomorrow.’
As passengers stand and wait for news, the siren for evacuation can still be heard blaring through the terminal.
Stansted has 50 departures scheduled between now and midnight – and they are continuing to fly, but with half-empty planes.
Stansted Airport has been evacuated after a suspicious package was found in the security area
The roads outside of Stansted Airport appear to be closed as passengers say no vehicles have come past on the roads adjacent to the entrance, pictured
Passengers were initially only partially evacuated, with them being told to stay in a certain area of the airport (pictured is check-in) before instructing everyone to leave the building
Passenger Thibault Laurentjoye was at Stansted with his wife and young son and has been waiting outside the Airport since the evacuation at 1pm.
He told MailOnline: ‘Only staff are going back inside now.
‘We are going to leave I think, it is cold now and my son is exhausted.
‘My understanding is that a lot of flights have left more or less on time and empty.’
Upon checking the flight status of his journey from London to Aalborg in Denmark, it says the plane departed on time but features no gate as it hadn’t been allocated at the time of evacuation.
Another passenger, Dr David de Lorenzo, said he successfully boarded the plane although it is almost empty.
Stansted Airport said: ‘Following reports of a suspicious package in the security area, a partial evacuation of the terminal is taking place.
‘Essex Police are managing the response and will provide an update on the situation soon.’
Flight information on the screens have not updated and many have missed their flights after being told to leave.
Passengers were asking Stansted Airport for answers after they were evacuated with no explanation
Essex Police, managing the response, have said: We’re currently at Stansted Airport following concerns about a suspicious package in the security area.
‘A cordon’s been set up.
‘Passengers have been evacuated from that area of the airport & brought to a position of safety.
‘Military explosive experts will assess the package.’
Stansted Airport have said: ‘Our security processing area is temporarily closed and this may impact some outbound flights.
‘We urge all passengers to check the status of their flight with their airline and we thank you for your understanding.’
