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Manchester Airport terminal evacuated after unattended bag found | Manchester Airport terminal evacuated after unattended bag found |
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Manchester Airport's terminal two was evacuated after a unattended bag was found which turned out not to be suspicious, police said. | |
Part of the terminal building was cordoned off "as a precaution, while an investigation takes place," an airport spokesman said. | |
The spokesman said it has resulted in "some passengers being evacuated" from the building. | The spokesman said it has resulted in "some passengers being evacuated" from the building. |
Police later said there was "nothing untoward" about the bag. | |
Terminal two is a hub for charter flights and the evacuation has led to delays for scores of passengers. | Terminal two is a hub for charter flights and the evacuation has led to delays for scores of passengers. |
Passenger Aqib Ishtiaq, 33, from Blackburn arrived at the terminal on a flight from Islamabad at about 18:30 BST. | |
He said he received a text from his brother Khawer, who had arrived to pick him up, to say he was "not allowed out of the car park." | |
Mr Ishtiaq said once they had left the plane at 19:20, they found all their bags on the floor, not on the baggage carousel. | |
Members of airport staff told them to pick up their bags and to leave. |
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