Glasgow Airport ’emptied’ because of progressing police incident

Travellers at Glasgow Airport have been ’emptied’ from the vital terminal structure because of a continuous police occurrence.

Police Scotland officials arrived at the airport at 6 am today after the alert was raised.

Police were called to report a dubious thing inside the security search lobby of the airport.

Glasgow Airport has affirmed that the airport’s registration and central search regions are shut because of the police occurrence.

Travellers have likewise been moved external the terminal structure to the vehicle leave region.

Police Scotland has affirmed that The Explosive Ordnance Disposal is participating, and a cordon is set up.

Travellers showing up at the airport for withdrawing flights have been educated concerning postponements to their excursions while looks are conveyed.

One Envoy peruser depicted the scenes in the airport as “confusion” with “no check-in open and no correspondences other than a tannoy message saying ‘sorry’ for any postponement”.

Airport express transport administrations have been redirected to the carpark region from the terminal.

A Glasgow Airport representative told The Messenger: “The terminal’s registration and central search regions are shut because of a continuous occurrence, and travellers have been moved external the structure to our covered vehicle leave.

“We are liaising with Police Scotland on location and will give a further update when we can.”

A Police Scotland explanation representative said: “Around 5.55 am on Monday, 5 December 2022, police were called to a report of a dubious thing inside the security search lobby of Glasgow Airport.

“The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) is in participation, and a cordon is presently set up. Staff and individuals from general society have been moved from the registration region to the multi-story vehicle leave. Police and crisis administrations stay at the scene.”