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Security staff tell witness they do not believe it is a bomb

Witness and photographer Joe Burke, 18, from Horsforth, told the Examiner: “I live about five minutes from the airport. I’d just finished work and walked in and a family member told me that there was an incident going on at the airport. I went up there.

“Security staff were turning people away about 100m from the entrance.

“I could not see any police officers but I could see police vans.One security staff member said they believe it is not a bomb and is just a suspicious package.”

He said there are still no planes taking off or landing.