Seven airports in France evacuated due to several bomb threats, forgotten luggage and "suspicious packages"
At least seven airports in France were evacuated this Wednesday after receiving bomb threats and detecting suspicious objects, which could imply a delay in air traffic in the country, which is suffering a spike in this type of alerts after a teacher died last night. last week after being stabbed.
The airports of Lille, Lyon, Toulouse, Nice, Nantes and Beauvais, as well as Biarritz, have been evacuated as a preventive measure after several threats sent via email and the location of suspicious objects were recorded, according to information from the French television channel TF1info.
Lille Airport in the evacuation suite with a bomb alert.
The state security services are on site.
— Aeroport de Lille✈ (@Aeroport_Lille) October 18, 2023
By midday, several of these airports had reported bomb threats and forgotten luggage that required the intervention of the authorities. The bomb disposal crews have been transferred to the airfields.
The Lille city airport terminal was evacuated around 10:30 (local time), as specified by a spokesperson for the airport itself, who nevertheless stressed that “it is not a day with a lot of traffic.”. “The security services are in the area,” he specified.
In Beauvais, two airport terminals have had to be evacuated due to a bomb threat, so air traffic has been completely suspended for the moment.
In Lyon, Nice and Nantes, on the other hand, “suspicious packages” have been registered, so the security forces are carrying out “checks”. Biarritz airport, on the other hand, has decided to evacuate the terminal in a “preventive” manner despite the fact that no threats have been reported.
Shortly afterwards, the authorities confirmed that air traffic has resumed in Nice, Lyon and Lille despite the unforeseen events.
Since Friday, France has been in a state of emergency for a terrorist attack, the highest level that exists, caused by the Islamist attack perpetrated against Dominique Bernard, a teacher in Arras.
Since then, bomb threats have been on the rise.. The Louvre Museum was evacuated on Saturday, as well as the Palace of Versailles on Saturday and Tuesday. The Gambetta high school in Arras, where the teacher died, was evacuated on Monday after a bomb threat.