Chaos Unfolding at Dublin Airport:-
Breaking news coming in from Dublin airport. Literally, as recording this, 1:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, there’s been a massive security operation enacted in Dublin airport. All of Terminal 2 has been evacuated. The place is in complete chaos at the moment. And this that you see here on the runway or near the runways where some planes are parked up is an army bomb disposal unit that has now been dispatched to the airport amidst a big security threat. Now details are still coming on in this one.
Bomb Disposal Unit Deployed:-
It looks like a double prong thing. There has been a cyber attack affecting various airports across Europe today and believe Dublin is impacted by that. But this bomb threat or bomb concern seems to be above and beyond the cyber attack. So going to show you what information have. have some video footage here for you. have some information that’s coming out in the mainstream press that has been confirmed. So madness in Dublin airport is all can say. This is what the scenes are like on the ground at the minute.
Terminal Evacuation Confirmed by Authorities:-
Everybody’s been kicked out as you can see there. Pandemoni outside the terminal. Everybody’s been evacuated from outside of the terminal. And this is the bomb disposal unit arriving under police escort. So if you look at that procession that went past there as you can see it looks like it’s passing by the airplanes. That’s a Gardia motorbike and police escort. That’s the Army bomb disposal unit truck coming in behind. It looks like they’re heading over towards a terminal and of course terminal 2 of Dublin airport has just been evacuated. Things are mad on the ground there at the moment. So let’s look at what information we have. And remember this is a breaking story so it will likely be updated later on today but just trying to bring this to you as quickly as can. So, this is a male mail Daily Mail article that’s just been published.
Bomb Threat Separate from Cyber Attack:-
Dublin airport has evacuated at one of its terminals after a security threat which has forced hundreds of passengers to stand outside. Huge crowds of people forced to leave the airport’s terminal 2 building. It doesn’t mention whether or not this was a fullscale evacuation of all the terminals at the time of writing, but terminal 2 most definitely has been shut down and has been fully evacuated. it’s being done or it was being done, this was written an hour ago, so it’s updated since then. t was done as a precautionary measure, but the reasoning behind it remained unclear. Well, now we know there is a bomb threat there or a bomb concern there. That’s why the army bomb disposal unit have been brought in.
Initial Media Reports and Eyewitness Footage:-
Whether or not there’s a viable threat there or not has yet to be confirmed. So reland’s defense forces have reportedly been asked to send the bomb disposal squad to the airport if needed. According to the rish independent will again this is fast moving. They have been dispatched. You saw them going down past the planes. They looked like they were heading over towards Terminal 2.
Irish Defense Forces Called to Action:-
Members of the Garta and airport police have been pictured on the scene while parts of the road have also been cordoned off. Well, again, you can see that no one really knows exactly what’s going on. Um but updates are coming in thick and fast. So Dublin airport themselves said terminal 2 has been evacuated. It doesn’t mention if it was to do with a suspect package, a suspect device, a suspect vehicle, or maybe a person acting suspiciously, but obviously safety concerns are paramount, so they’re no chances. Everyone has been turfed out of terminal 2.It goes on to say flight operations may be temporarily impacted. That’s a complete given. They’re going to be affected as per right now and would say they’re going to be affected for the duration of today, possibly even going into tomorrow depending on what the bomb disposal unit find. Check your airline for details, further information to follow follow.
Surrounding Areas Cordon Off:-
So we see some still footage there or still photographs of people that are just standing wondering what the heck is going on and there are hundreds upon hundreds of people if not thousands are going to be milling around on the grounds of Dublin airport as per right now. So again this is the first concern but it is coming hours after a cyber attack. So there has been a Europeanwide cyber attack on airports that has affected various airports across Europe, including what it looks like possibly Dublin here as well. it disrupted check-in and boarding systems across several other major European airports. So passengers are experiencing delays at three airports after hackers targeted Collins Aerospace which provides services for multiple airlines globally on Friday night.
Heathrow, Berlin Also Hit by Cyber Attack:-
So Heathrow has also been warning people of delays advise customers to check with their flight status and also their airlines before traveling while a nber of departures were also cancelled. So this is having a lot of impact having a lot of knock-on effect here. believe Berlin was also impacted and another airport also. So whether or not it’s linked into this thing in Dublin or this is a completely separate thing. Disruption was happening anyway across European airports. But now we have this bomb threat on top. So this is a report coming in from Sky. Dublin airport terminal evacuated as a safety precaution. this was printed about half an hour ago. Passengers have been evacuated from terminal 2. Well, we know that one already. flights could be temporarily impacted. It did not give details about the reason for the evacuation, but now we know what the evacuation is. There’s a there’s a bomb disposal unit on the ground at the moment.
Official Statement from Dublin Airport:-
At this stage there’s no suggestion it’s linked to the cyber attack that has caused disruption. It’s not linked to that cyber attack because a cyber attack is going to have no impact on an army bomb disposal unit being sent out to terminal 2 in Dublin. However, it could have an impact in addition to the bomb threat that’s currently underway in Dublin airport. So it could be a double thing, a double whammy happening at exactly the same time. This is madness. we advise passengers to check with their airlines. Yes, would say that is the correct course of action. So just in smary, Dublin airport terminal 2 completely evacuated unknown reasons to begin with passenger confusion. t’s now been confirmed. And that’s a picture of the Army bomb disposal unit passing by some parked up airplanes Erlingus airplanes. It looks like it’s heading over towards a terminal or an area near the terminal, probably terminal 2.
Public Urged to Stay Informed:-
And in addition to all of the above, there has been a cyber attack affecting various European airports in the last 24 hours. Could be an addition to what’s going on in Dublin. So anyway, that’s the state of play at the minute. The time now is 1:30 p.m. UK reland time at the time of recording this. So further updates will come on this depending on what the situation actually is. So please share this video, let people know what’s going on, let people know maybe that are traveling to Dublin today or thinking of going for flights. Make sure they’re aware of this that they’re not going down there to chaos outside Terminal 2.