Engineer's bungle closes airport
13.01.10
Passengers and staff at Edinburgh Airport had to be evacuated into the freezing night - after a bungling engineer tripped the fire alarm while carrying out repair work, Deadline Press reports. Several hundred people spent up to an hour outside as the temperature dipped to –8C on Sunday night, whilst one aircraft is reported to have had to circle the airport for 40 minutes and three others were delayed because of the evacuation.
Shop workers, airline staff and passengers who were before security were taken outside the terminal building, while those on the other side of the security check-ins were taken to the runway side of the building. A spokesperson for BAA told Deadline Press: ‘A fire alarm was activated at Edinburgh Airport whilst engineering works were being conducted on the terminal’s fire alarm system. The incident was investigated immediately, was resolved within 40 minutes and normal operation resumed.’
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