Frankfurt Airport has been evacuated due to a bomb scare, after a passenger ran off while being scanned for explosives at a security check. Two sections of Terminal 1 at the huge German airport are now in lockdown, after the woman accessed a restricted area.
The woman is thought to have disappeared while being scanned at a security point.
She is now being hunted by police, who are unclear as to whether the breach was “accidental or planned”.
Police have now cleared the terminal following the breach and have not discovered any suspect packages. It is unknown as to when the terminal will re-open. The airport, which is the biggest in Germany and the third-busiest in Europe in terms of passenger numbers, Tweeted: “Today at Frankfurt Airport a passenger entered the security area before the security check had been completed.