Hamburg Airport RECAP: ‘Departures cancelled’ as air hub evacuated over ‘police situation’ | World | News
-A man gained unauthorized access to the secure area at Hamburg Airport after pressing the emergency exit button.
-Federal Police said the man probably lost his way.
-Airport spokeswoman Katja Bromm said the man was quickly located and brought back to the public area.
-Authorities evacuated the entire secure area of the airport as a precaution.
-Passengers who passed through security, including those on the plane, had to leave.
-Although arrivals continued, exits were temporarily stopped.
-Passengers had to go through security screening again, which led to long queues.
– The outage caused significant flight delays and cancellations throughout the day.
-Hamburg Airport later confirmed that the Federal Police operation had ended and passengers had once again passed through security.
-Flight operations have resumed, but the airport warned that significant delays and more cancellations were expected.
