Gatwick airport flight delays after bomb squad called in - full list

Here is the afloat database of flights that person been delayed astatine Gatwick Airport pursuing an evacuation with a weaponry disposal constabulary portion called successful implicit a "suspected prohibited item" recovered successful luggage

A wide evacuation astatine Gatwick Airport with the weaponry squad called successful has led to agelong delays and present is the database successful full.

A weaponry disposal constabulary portion was sent to the UK's 2nd biggest airdrome aft a “suspected prohibited item” was recovered successful luggage. Sussex Police said a “security cordon has been enactment successful place” wrong the southbound terminal of the UK’s 2nd busiest airport.

A ample portion of the gathering has been evacuated. Around 100,000 passengers are acceptable to alert successful and retired of the airdrome connected Friday, but galore are apt to beryllium missing their flights.

Travellers flying from the southbound terminal person been incapable to check-in since the incidental began.

Sussex Police said successful a statement: “Police were called to the southbound terminal astatine Gatwick Airport astatine 8.20am connected Friday pursuing the find of a suspected prohibited point successful luggage. To guarantee the information of the public, unit and different airdrome users, a information cordon has been enactment successful spot whilst the substance is dealt with.

“As a precaution, an EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) squad is being deployed to the airport. This is causing important disruption and immoderate roads astir the southbound terminal person been closed. We’d counsel the nationalist to debar the country wherever possible.”

Some flights person departed from the southbound terminal since the evacuation, meaning immoderate passengers whitethorn person been incapable to board. A British Airways formation to Cancun, Mexico, departed astatine 11.16am, 26 minutes down schedule.

Several British Airways departures are delayed by astatine slightest 1 hr and 40 minutes, including to Orlando, USA; Funchal, Portugal; and Tenerife, Spain. Spanish bearer Vueling ordered an inbound formation from each of Barcelona and Seville to crook astir and instrumentality to their starting airports.

A Norwegian formation to Bergen departed 2 hours and 7 minutes late. A spokesperson for Gatwick said: “A ample portion of the southbound terminal has been evacuated arsenic a precaution portion we proceed to analyse a information incident.

“Passengers volition not beryllium capable to participate the southbound terminal portion this is ongoing. Safety and information of our passengers and unit remains our apical priority. We are moving to resoluteness the contented arsenic rapidly arsenic possible.”

Here is the afloat database of flights (destination and delay)

• Barcelona BA8073 16:05
• Barcelona VY7841 16:05
• Barcelona IB5664 16:05
• Paris VY965 16:00

• Barcelona EJU8065 16:20

• Hurghada W95777 15:35

• Marrakech W95795 16:10

• Bilbao IB5590 19:10

• Bilbao BA8072 19:10

• Bilbao BA8090 19:10

• Bilbao IB5613 19:10

• Bilbao VY6306 19:10