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Several incoming flights from destinations such as Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Belfast and Paris were diverted to other airports.
Updated : Oct 22, 2016, 01:06 AM IST
London City Airport has reopened after emergency services said there was no evidence of a suspected chemical incident which had prompted the evacuation of 500 passengers.
"Airport has now reopened," the airport said on Twitter. "We thank passengers for their patience, access to terminal will be staggered and disruption to flights expected."
Airport has now reopened. We thank passengers for their patience, access to terminal will be staggered & disruption to flights expected.
— London City Airport (@LondonCityAir) October 21, 2016
London's fire brigade led the emergency response to an incident at London City airport on Friday which led to hundreds of passengers being evacuated and two taken to hospital with breathing difficulties, police said. The area was later declared safe.
The incident at #London City Airport has been declared safe. Full details here https://t.co/SAdLRHfE9f pic.twitter.com/OMhfgBpzmh
— London Fire Brigade (@LondonFire) October 21, 2016
The London Ambulance Service also said that they had treated 27 patients at London City Airport. Assistant Director of Operations Paul Gibson said: "We have now treated a total of 27 patients at the incident at London City Airport this evening. "We sent a number of resources to the scene including two single responders in cars, four ambulance crews, an incident response officer and our Hazardous Area Response Team (medics specially trained to treat people in hazardous situations). "All patients were treated for minor breathing difficulties and two were taken to hospital."
Our final statement about the incident at London City Airport this evening: https://t.co/lvSZ0bYLrY
— London Ambulance (@Ldn_Ambulance) October 21, 2016
(With Agency Inputs)