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Bomb alert: Strasbourg and Basel-Mulhouse airports evacuated for the second time in two days

2024-03-16T18:27:05.502Z

Highlights: Strasbourg and Basel-Mulhouse airports evacuated for the second time in two days. Air traffic was thus suspended for two hours in Alsace. According to the local daily DNA, the services of the two airports received a malicious e-mail mentioning the presence of a bomb. The alert ended at 4:15 p.m. “ The airport has reopened its doors and flight operations are gradually resuming,” we can read on EuroAirport’s X account.


After receiving a malicious email, the two Alsatian airports evacuated the airport this Saturday afternoon. The alert ended at 4:15 p.m.


Strasbourg-Entzheim airport and Euroairport were evacuated this Saturday March 16 at the start of the afternoon, for the second time in two days due to two bomb threats.

Air traffic was thus suspended for two hours in Alsace.

According to the local daily DNA, the services of the two airports received a malicious e-mail mentioning the presence of a bomb.

A letter similar to this received the day before.

On Friday, passengers had already been evacuated, in the morning for Strasbourg airport and in the afternoon for the Franco-Swiss Basel-Mulhouse airport.

The operations carried out by the various teams of the gendarmerie or the Civil Security deminers were able to inspect the buildings, but found nothing suspicious each time.

The end of the alert was finally notified by the terminal at 4:15 p.m. “

The airport has reopened its doors and flight operations are gradually resuming

,” we can read on EuroAirport’s X account.

Passengers are asked to contact their airline for flight information.

We wish you a safe and happy journey

.”

Source: lefigaro

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