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| Brussels attacks: Airport set to reopen on Sunday | Brussels attacks: Airport set to reopen on Sunday |
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| Brussels airport plans to partially reopen on Sunday with new security controls, 12 days after it was attacked by suicide bombers. | |
| Airport authorities said three Brussels Airlines' flights would depart for European destinations. | Airport authorities said three Brussels Airlines' flights would depart for European destinations. |
| Zaventem has not handled passenger flights since the attack on its departure hall claimed by the so-called Islamic State group. | Zaventem has not handled passenger flights since the attack on its departure hall claimed by the so-called Islamic State group. |
| The attacks on the airport and a metro station left 32 people dead. | The attacks on the airport and a metro station left 32 people dead. |
| In another development, Belgian authorities charged a third suspect - named only as Y A - with terrorist offences linked to a plot to attack France. | |
| The charges come in the wake of the arrest of Frenchman Reda Kriket in a Paris suburb on 24 March. | |
| More screening | |
| Brussels airport chief executive officer Arnaud Feist said that "from Sunday morning, Brussels Airport should be partially operational". | |
| He said he was expecting to receive official authorisation for the reopening later in the day. | He said he was expecting to receive official authorisation for the reopening later in the day. |
| Under the new security arrangements: |