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Airport re-opens after bomb alert | Airport re-opens after bomb alert |
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A security alert at Belfast International Airport has ended and the terminal has been re-opened. | A security alert at Belfast International Airport has ended and the terminal has been re-opened. |
Police said two packages found at the long-stay car park were no longer being treated as suspicious. | Police said two packages found at the long-stay car park were no longer being treated as suspicious. |
The airport had been closed for almost an hour while a controlled explosion was carried out. | The airport had been closed for almost an hour while a controlled explosion was carried out. |
A PSNI spokesperson said police were examining closed-circuit television footage in a bid to discover how the packages came to be there. | |
The closure led to traffic chaos with a mile-long queue of vehicles stretching back along the main airport road. | The closure led to traffic chaos with a mile-long queue of vehicles stretching back along the main airport road. |