Bomb alert shuts Brussels Airport
A bomb alert forced the evacuation and temporary closure of Brussels International Airport tonight.
A special bomb unit searching for a suspicious package following a phone call did not find any explosives, police said.
A spokesman for airport operator BIAC said earlier that both halls were cleared at around 6pm GMT.
“The police have done their sweep and decided to reopen the airport,” BIAC spokesman De Backer said.
He said passengers stranded at the gates during the alert were allowed to leave the building.
A 1-mile traffic jam blocked the road to Zaventem Airport, on the eastern outskirts of Brussels, after police closed off the access road.
