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| A full scale emergency alert at Edinburgh Airport has ended after a suspect rucksack was blown up during a controlled explosion. | A full scale emergency alert at Edinburgh Airport has ended after a suspect rucksack was blown up during a controlled explosion. |
| Thousands of passengers, who were evacuated following the incident at 1210 GMT, were allowed back into the terminal two hours later. | Thousands of passengers, who were evacuated following the incident at 1210 GMT, were allowed back into the terminal two hours later. |
| Travellers faced further disruption as outgoing flights, which were cancelled during the alert, were rescheduled. | |
| The rucksack was found in the check-in area of the busy terminal. | The rucksack was found in the check-in area of the busy terminal. |
| It is understood to have been a new rucksack that had been shoved into the top of a bin. | It is understood to have been a new rucksack that had been shoved into the top of a bin. |
| Police immediately treated the bag as a suspect package and cleared the building. | Police immediately treated the bag as a suspect package and cleared the building. |
| Airport operator BAA said incoming flights were allowed to land but at least 15 outbound flights were delayed from taking off as a result. | Airport operator BAA said incoming flights were allowed to land but at least 15 outbound flights were delayed from taking off as a result. |
| Police and bomb disposal experts eventually gave an all-clear | Police and bomb disposal experts eventually gave an all-clear |
| The airport was given the all-clear and reopened at 1415 GMT, but officials were advising passengers to expect delays on departing flights as the situation got back to normal. | The airport was given the all-clear and reopened at 1415 GMT, but officials were advising passengers to expect delays on departing flights as the situation got back to normal. |
| Several thousand passengers as well as airport workers across the terminal were evacuated to a nearby hotel as the incident unfolded. | |
| Army bomb disposal experts from Craigiehall Camp near Edinburgh were called in to carry out a controlled explosion, police said. | Army bomb disposal experts from Craigiehall Camp near Edinburgh were called in to carry out a controlled explosion, police said. |
| A spokesman for airport operator BAA said: "An unattended bag was found opposite the check-in area at the entrance to the building. | |
| "As it was a brand new bag, and because it was placed very prominently at the top of the bin, it was possibly treated more seriously than if it had been a used plastic bag. | |
| "We have to treat every suspect package in line with normal procedures." |