Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 has reopened after emergency services said they responded to an incident. London Fire Brigade has stood down its response after earlier saying it had been called to a "possible hazardous materials incident". Pictures began to filter through of crowds of travellers stuck outside with their luggage. Heathrow Airport closed and evacuated the terminal's check in. The Metropolitan Police said in a statement that "no trace of any adverse substance was found". They added that that some 20 people had "reported an injury" and were assessed by paramedics - none were found to have life-threatening or life-changing injuries.
How strange. What are ther authorities putting this down to, then?
BBC News understands the incident at Heathrow Airport is believed to be a "mass hysteria" type eventBut then, come Wednesday, all change!
A man has been arrested on suspicion of bringing what is thought to be tear gas into Heathrow Airport, causing Terminal 4's check-in area to shut down. The man, aged 57, was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm (CS spray) and causing a public nuisance on Tuesday.The Met Police said he remains in police custody at this time, and that the incident is not being treated as terrorism related.
Guess it wasn't mass hysteria after all. Were you just hopeless at finding the cause, or were you lying, as we've come to expect?
A spokesperson for the Met Police said: 'On Monday, 8 September at 16:56hrs police were called to a potential hazardous materials incident at Heathrow Airport, Terminal Four. 'Specialist officers attended the scene alongside the London Fire Brigade and London Ambulance Service and conducted a thorough search of the area.
Clearly, you didn't.
'Following the search, Met officers located a cannister of what is believed to be CS spray. It is thought that this substance caused a reaction to those within the airport.
That's not what you told us you were thinking at the time, is it?
1 comment:
Having been in a London pub when some drunk and disgruntled soldiers threw in a CS canister - an extremely unpleasant experience in a confined space - I’d have thought the effects on those nearby were fairly unmistakable and very unlikely to be confused with ‘mass hysteria’.
The thought that the police could be under instructions to rule out terrorism before acknowledging such an event actually took place is chilling both in the potential threat to public safety and in what it says about the attitude of those in charge - understandable, perhaps, in the face of social media and the possibility of backlash but worrying none the less.
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