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‘Everyone was panicking’: Crack in terminal wall at Manchester Airport sparks evacuation (PHOTO)
Published time: 29 May, 2018 10:19
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Passengers have been evacuated onto the tarmac at Manchester Airport after reports that the floor was collapsing at the flight gate inside the terminal building.
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Photos shared on Twitter by passenger Andrea Atherton show a large and troubling crack in the wall around a steel support beam. Atherton also said passengers, who had been waiting on a flight to Palma in Mallorca, had been evacuated outside after the temporary floors sounded as though they were “collapsing.”

Passengers were waiting to board their flight to Palma, the resort city and capital of the Spanish Mediterranean island of Mallorca, when the incident occurred.

A spokesman for the airport confirmed the incident to RT, but said the structural issue is only affecting Gate 212 in Terminal 2. The gate is inside a temporary building while renovation work takes place.

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One passenger told the Manchester Evening News: “About an hour ago there was a loud noise. Everyone was panicking. It looks like something is wrong with the building, it is collapsing. The fire brigade have evacuated the building. They didn’t tell anybody what was going on. We are now stood outside on the airfield.”

Atherton later tweeted that passengers were being allowed to board their flight.

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Manchester Airport gate evacuated after crack appears in floor

Photos shared on Twitter show a crack which appeared beside a metal beam where travellers were boarding a flight to Palma at gate 212 in Terminal Two

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Passengers have been evacuated from a section of Manchester Airport after reports the floor began to ‘collapse’.

Photos shared on Twitter show a crack which appeared beside a metal beam where travellers were boarding a flight to Palma at gate 212 in Terminal Two.

The airport say another crack has appeared in the floor which is causing the issue.

The fire service were called to the scene and passengers were evacuated from the gate as a safety precaution.

Gate 212 is housed inside a temporary building while work is taking place at the airport.

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Passengers said they heard a loud noise at around 7am and began to panic.

They were then evacuated onto the airfield and airport staff then explained what was happening.

The incident is only affecting passengers travelling from gate 212 and is not having an impact on other flights, the airport said.

A spokesman for the airport said the gate was evacuated due to a crack in the floor and not the wall.

They added: “A small crack appeared in the floor. We have evacuated one flight as a precaution in that area.”

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One passenger told the M.E.N: “About an hour ago there was a loud noise. Everyone was panicking. It looks like something is wrong with the building, it is collapsing. “The fire brigade have evacuated the building. They didn’t tell anybody what was going on.

“We are now stood outside on the airfield. The fire brigade made everybody move away from the building.”

Andrea Atherton shared an image of a crack inside the temporary building.

She tweeted: “Been stood for 20 minutes where the temporary floors sound like they are collapsing. Finally evacuated outside. Trying to go on my cruise. Not great communication Manchester airport.”

The airport say the evacuation is not expected to delay or affect any other flights.

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Manchester Airport gate evacuated after cracks appear in floor at temporary lounge


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Passengers were evacuated from part of Manchester Airport after cracks appeared in the floor of Terminal 2.

The structural damage occurred at a temporary gate lounge in the terminal, an airport spokesman said, where “some cracks appeared in the floor”.

Passengers were evacuated from that area as a “precautionary measure” and the damage “will be investigated and obviously repaired”, he added.

A single flight was impacted by the alert, the spokesman said.

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An image tweeted by a passenger showed a large crack where a girder joined a wall – not the floor – and she said the “temporary floors sound like they are collapsing”.

The airport said it was aware of the photograph and that an investigation was underway, but could not provide further information.

The temporary gate lounge was opened last autumn and was due to remain for two years while expansion work was completed. It can accommodate about 650 passengers.





 
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