Toulouse Airport evacuated for security reasons
Toulouse Airport has reportedly been evacuated this morning, just one day after the terror attacks in Brussels.
Toulouse Airport was evacuated this morning
The airport apparently closed at 6.45am local time.
Passengers on aeroplanes were forced to disembark.
Police patrols and military have been deployed in the airport.
Toulouse is in the South West of France
The security alert is believed to be a suspect package.
Passengers waited outside the airport until it reopened at 8.30am local time.
Twitter user Antoine tweeted a picture of people waiting outside the airport saying that passengers were waiting following the evacuation.
Passager aéroport de Toulouse en attente suite à évacuation #E1matin pic.twitter.com/xCehflanHC
— Antoine (@tonio393) March 23, 2016
The evacuation comes a day after 34 people were killed in terror attacks in Brussels.
Following the attacks yesterday, security checks have increased in French airports.
Many flights have been cancelled at the aiport after the evacuation.
The airport was evacuated earlier this morning
Philippe Rioux tweeted that many flights have been cancelled at the airport with long passenger queues and little information about what was going on.
Plusieurs vols annulés après évacuation de @aeroport_tls longues files d'attente peu d'information @AirFranceFR pic.twitter.com/yyF6hJX6Ub
— Philippe Rioux (@technomedia) March 23, 2016
The French police tweeted a picture of the extra police deployed to Toulouse Aiport yesterday for extra security after the Brussels attacks.
Patrouilles #vigipirate, Police aux frontières #DDPAF, gendarmerie transports aériens #GTA, #CRS dans @aeroport_tls pic.twitter.com/lD58APy5AZ
— Préfet LRMP (@PrefetLRMP) March 22, 2016
Airports are on high alert after yesterday's atrocities
Black Tuesday in Brussels
After yesterday's attacks, there will be no flights between Brussels and Toulouse today.
Zaventem Airport in Brussels will remain closed today.
Two brothers have been identified as the suicide bombers who blew themselves up in a Brussels aiport yesterday as a third suspect is believed to be the chief bomb maker.