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Edinburgh Airport closed in security alert

7 Jan 2014 by GrahamSmith

Edinburgh Airport has been evacuated after a "potentially suspicious bag" passed through a security X-ray machine.

Passengers and staff were instructed to immediately leave the terminal building after an alert was activated shortly before 1400.

Police have closed both the terminal and access road and bomb disposal experts are at the scene. A cordon has been put in place.

It is believed that a male passenger was stopped by security staff and that it is his baggage that is now the subject of an investigation.

A police spokesman said: "Police at Edinburgh Airport have implemented a closure of the building and the access roads following the discovery of a potentially suspicious bag within the central search area at around 1350 today."

edinburghairport.com

Graham Smith

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