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Unattended bag sparked security scare

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Hundreds of holidaymakers were evacuated after an unattended bag sparked a security scare at Manchester Airport .

Emergency services were called to Terminal 2 on Thursday evening when the suitcase was spotted at the drop-off area outside the entrance.

The bag and surrounding area were cordoned off and the ‘land side’ of the terminal building, where passengers wait to check in bags and go through security and passport controls, was evacuated for around two hours.

No travellers were cleared from the ‘air side’ of the terminal.

Police were first called shortly before 6.30pm.

A GMP spokesman confirmed that a cordon was put in place and the terminal building was evacuated ‘while officers established the nature of the bag’.

It was deemed to be non-suspicious and the terminal was reopened between 8.30pm and 9pm.

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