London Stansted Airport has been partially evacuated following the discovery of a suspicious package.
Details of the incident remains scarce but at just before 2pm on Saturday, the airport confirmed that an evacuation was under way.
Essex Police added that military explosive experts were being drafted in to assess the package.
The force tweeted: ‘We’re currently at #StanstedAirport following concerns about a suspicious package in the security area.
‘A cordon’s been set up.
‘Passengers have been evacuated from that area of the airport & brought to a position of safety. Military explosive experts will assess the package.’
Video footage showed passengers at the Essex building filing out of the terminal relatively calmly with officials shouting at people to ‘get outside’.
The airport itself had said earlier: ‘Following reports of a suspicious package in the security area, a partial evacuation of the terminal is taking place.
‘Essex Police are managing the response.’
One passenger in the terminal, Dr David Lorenzo, posted a video of stores putting their shutters down on social media.
He wrote: ‘People asked to leave the stores leaving the shopping carts behind, and being closed in a hurry.’
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