During the day on Wednesday, seventeen French airports had already been threatened and fifteen were temporarily evacuated.
Lille, Nantes, Bordeaux, Montpellier… Several French airports received threats of attacks and at least nine carried out evacuations after these bomb threats, Thursday October 19, causing a second consecutive day of major disruptions in the flight operations. The evacuations notably concerned the airports of Lille (North), Carcassonne (Aude), Tarbes (Hautes-Pyrénées), Bordeaux-Mérignac (Gironde), Béziers (Hérault), Montpellier (Hérault), Nantes (Loire-Atlantique), Beauvais (Oise) and Mayotte.
Lille airport reported late this morning on the social network carry out a “evacuation after bomb threat”then reported half an hour later the “end of alert”signing “the gradual reopening of the airport”. In Montpellier, the prefecture also announced the end of the alert. “No danger for staff and passengers who can return to the airport in complete safety”she points out on. Beauvais airport, already evacuated on Wednesday, was evacuated again on Thursday after “an anonymous threat received by several airports”, including this infrastructure specializing in low-cost flights, the manager wrote on his website. Traffic finally resumed there at 2:30 p.m., reports France Bleu Picardie. It was also a “false alarm” in Mayotte, reports La 1ère.
Already fifteen evacuations on Wednesday
“Nantes airport was once again the subject of a bomb threat this Thursday morning, as were other French airports”the airport reported to AFP. “In agreement with state services, the terminal is evacuated while the necessary checks are carried out”. The airports of Tarbes-Lourdes and Carcassonne also confirmed to AFP that they had been evacuated.
On Wednesday, seventeen French airports had already been threatened and fifteen had to be temporarily evacuated, according to the Minister for Transport, Clément Beaune, who mentioned “bad jokes.” As a reminder, the penalties incurred are three years in prison and a fine of 45,000 euros.