Man arrested after Heathrow shutdown

Tuesday, 11 Mar, 2011 0

A man, believed to be English and in his 30s, has been arrested after walking into Heathrow Terminal 5 and threatening to blow it up.

T5 was closed temporarily yesterday afternoon when the man caused a stand-off with armed police. 

Hundreds of travellers were ushered out of the terminal at around 12.50pm, but the terminal was re-opened after the man was taken into custody.
 
A spokesman for Heathrow operator BAA said: "The police incident that caused the partial evacuation of Terminal 5 has been stood down. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused to passengers while police attended this incident."
 
by Dinah Hatch

 



 

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