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| Liverpool’s John Lennon airport insisted there is no threat to passenger safety after scores of holidaymakers were evacuated over a faulty security scanner. | Liverpool’s John Lennon airport insisted there is no threat to passenger safety after scores of holidaymakers were evacuated over a faulty security scanner. |
| Dozens of passengers were told to leave the busy airport’s departure lounge following a technical glitch with a passenger scanning machine on Friday afternoon. | Dozens of passengers were told to leave the busy airport’s departure lounge following a technical glitch with a passenger scanning machine on Friday afternoon. |
| The fault meant those people had to be re-screened before being allowed to return airside. | The fault meant those people had to be re-screened before being allowed to return airside. |
| An airport spokesman said: “Due to a technical problem with one of the airport’s passenger scanning machines, all passengers have been removed from the departure lounge and are currently in the process of being re-screened. There is no threat to passenger safety with this re-screening process necessary in order to ensure security compliance.” | An airport spokesman said: “Due to a technical problem with one of the airport’s passenger scanning machines, all passengers have been removed from the departure lounge and are currently in the process of being re-screened. There is no threat to passenger safety with this re-screening process necessary in order to ensure security compliance.” |
| Some passengers were reportedly told to leave planes after the security alert at about noon. | Some passengers were reportedly told to leave planes after the security alert at about noon. |
| One traveller, Steph Hodson, told the Liverpool Echo: “I was meant to be travelling to Paris with my boyfriend for his birthday. We’d just sat down in the lounge and there was an announcement. The staff all looked quite flustered and we could see everyone outside. There’s hundreds of people. | One traveller, Steph Hodson, told the Liverpool Echo: “I was meant to be travelling to Paris with my boyfriend for his birthday. We’d just sat down in the lounge and there was an announcement. The staff all looked quite flustered and we could see everyone outside. There’s hundreds of people. |
| “We’re going to have to go back through security and everything. It was quite scary and everyone was really quiet and looked worried. I’ve spoken to a police officer and they said it’s an issue to do with the security scanners, and we were moved for our own safety.” | “We’re going to have to go back through security and everything. It was quite scary and everyone was really quiet and looked worried. I’ve spoken to a police officer and they said it’s an issue to do with the security scanners, and we were moved for our own safety.” |