Franco-Swiss Airport Briefly Evacuated For Security Reasons
Date
7/26/2024 7:25:54 AM
(MENAFN- The Peninsula)
#Paris 2024
AFP
Strasbourg, France: A Franco-Swiss airport was temporarily evacuated for security reasons on Friday, hours after arson attacks disrupted the French rail Network ahead of the olympics opening ceremony.
EuroAirport, located on the French side of the border near Basel, said on its website that it had reopened and flight operations were gradually restarting.
Earlier, the Basel-Mulhouse airport said that it had been evacuated and closed "for safety reasons".
Several French airports, including EuroAirport, had to be evacuated late last year due to a series of fake bomb threats.
EuroAirport welcomed eight million passengers in 2023.
The evacuation came as French authorities were hunting for the perpetrators of arson attacks on the high-speed train network, which disrupted travel for hundreds of thousands of people.
The Paris Olympics opening ceremony will be held Friday evening.
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