130 flights cancelled at Munich Airport after security breach

Published Aug 27, 2019

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Munich - Around 130 flights have been cancelled at Munich

Airport after a passenger evaded a security checkpoint by passing

through an emergency exit door.

"Passengers should expect disruptions in air traffic throughout the

day," the airport said. Passengers should contact their airline for

further information.

All of Terminal 2 and portions of Terminal 1 were cleared by police

as they conducted a search for the individual who was eventually

found and taken into custody after more than two hours.

According to an initial investigation, the passenger had travelled

from a country that authorities consider non-secure and was supposed

to have been re-screened before entering another area of the airport.

dpa

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