HOLIDAYMAKERS were evacuated from Manchester Airport after a suspicious package was found.
Staff and passengers were moved from the airport's Terminal Two after the item was inspected.
There are reports that a package has been blown up by airport authorities as part of a controlled demolition.
One man said his sister and her family had been moved, with staff describing the situation as a "serious security matter".
Another passenger told Manchester Evening News that he had been given no information at the time about what had caused the evacuation.
Flights departing from Terminal Two are believed to be in the process of being moved to Terminal One.
Greater Manchester Police told The Sun: "Police were called with a report of a suspicious package in Terminal 2 of Manchester Airport at around 3.20pm today.
"The terminal has been evacuated as per standard procedure and a cordon has been put in place as a safety precaution while an assessment is carried out."
A Manchester Airport spokesperson said: "All flights will operate from Terminal One until further notice. We thank passengers for their patience and ask them to follow directions given to them by staff."
A taxi driver working at the airport said he had collected passengers who discovered that planes have been grounded for five hours.
FLIGHTS AFFECTED BY SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE
The following are the flights that are understood to have been affected by the evacuation. Flights departing from Terminal Two are being moved to Terminal One.
Terminal Two
17:30 to Amsterdam KL1080 KLM T2
18.55 Addis Ababa (ADD) ET729 Ethiopian Airlines T2
19:50 Dusseldorf (DUS) EW9345 Eurowings T2
Terminal One
18:30 Girona (GRO) FR3212 Ryanair T1
18:50 Faro (FAO) EZY1881 easyJet T1
19:05 Zurich (ZRH) LX381 SWISS T1
19:20 Guernsey (GCI) GR679 Aurigny Air Services T1
19:30 Southampton (SOU) T3807 Eastern Airways T1
19:50 Belfast (BFS) EZY137 easyJet T1
19:55 Aberdeen (ABZ) LM28 Loganair T1
19:55 Inverness (INV) LM598 Loganair T1
21:15 Dubai (DXB) EK20 Emirates T1
22:05 Dublin (DUB) FR559 Ryanair T1
The airport's new "super terminal" opened to passengers this summer as part of a £1bn transformation programme.
The Terminal Two upgrade was first announced in 2015 and finished the same year.
It was scheduled to open in the summer of 2020, but was delayed due to the pandemic.
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