Heathrow airport terminal evacuated

Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a terminal at London's Heathrow airport today after the identification of a suspect…

Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a terminal at London's Heathrow airport today after the identification of a suspect package.

The package discovery just before midday led to long delays for passengers at Heathrow's Terminal 4 in west London.

Airport operator BAA said that the baggage incident had led to a decision to search all departing passengers again, with the departure lounge being partially evacuated.

BAA said that there were no departing flights operating from Terminal 4 (T4), although planes were still arriving as normal.

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British Airways said it had cancelled all its European departures from T4 from 3pm until the rest of the day, as well as cancelling all its T4 long-haul departures from 3pm to 9pm.

A total of 108 flights were cancelled. Flights to and from Terminal 1 are operating, but with some delays.