Security issue at Liverpool Airport

Liverpool airport is NOT being evacuated but passengers are having to be re-screened at security because of a problem with one of their scanners.

Published 20th May 2016

Liverpool airport is NOT being evacuated but passengers are having to be re-screened at security because of a problem with one of their scanners.

Passengers have been told to go to Gate 1 so that they can go through security again as a precaution.

Here is a statement from Liverpool John Lennon Airport;

Passengers removed from the Departure Lounge at Liverpool John Lennon Airport

Due to a technical problem with one of the Airport’s passenger scanning machines, all passengers have been removed from the Departure Lounge and are currently in the process of being rescreened. There is no threat to passenger safety with this rescreening process necessary in order to ensure security compliance.