Gatwick Airport horror as woman found dead after falling from North Terminal car park
THE body of a woman in her Twenties has been found at Gatwick Airport, police have confirmed.
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The woman is believed to have fallen off the top floor of the on-site multi-story carpark. The discovery was made at the North Terminal this morning. Paramedics attended but sadly the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
A spokesman for Sussex Police said: "At 7.40am on Saturday (December 7) officers were called to a multi-storey car park at Gatwick Airport North Terminal after a woman had fallen from the top floor.
"The woman who is believed to be in her late twenties, was sadly confirmed dead at the scene.
"The death is not being treated as suspicious and the Coroners Officer will be continuing enquiries."
Earlier today, Gatwick's runway as brought to a standstill as police were called in to deal with a "security threat".
Footage posted on Twitter by a passenger showed officers speaking to crew members on board an EasyJet flight.
Passengers were told to remain seated while emergency services carried out their operation.
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Gatwick's runway was put on lockdown for 20 minutes.
Planes were forced to remain grounded and others were unable to land.
Officers were seen on board an EasyJet flight speaking to crew members.
The pilot later told passengers police in Poland had been made aware of a threat and alerted police at Gatwick.
The threat was later found to be a hoad.
After being given the all-clear, the plane was allowed to make its way to the terminal before passengers disembarked.