Here’s what happened
Passengers who were at Heathrow Airport’s, terminal 3 were evacuated Tuesday afternoon as the terminals fire alarm went off.
Passengers were directed to the fire safety points outside of the terminal where fire marshalls and police were waiting.
Heathrow T3 evacuated. Armed police on scene. More police cars arriving. #news #bbc #london #heathrowpic.twitter.com/foBR9oQUxi
— Matt (@Matt_surrey) July 4, 2017
A spokesperson for Heathrow Airport said: “Terminal 3 was evacuated due to a fire alarm. This was a false alarm and we apologise for any inconvenience caused. Passengers will shortly be allowed back inside the terminal following this incident.”
Furious passenger took to social media and posted these tweets on Twitter:
“Now you can turn back”. 30 minutes stuck. If this was a test, has definitely proved the point that #Heathrow T3 cannot be safely evacuated. pic.twitter.com/dQ82Tz5WKK
— Giuseppe Sollazzo (@puntofisso) July 4, 2017
Passengers were clearly bemused, this passenger said on Twitter: “”Now you can turn back”. 30 minutes stuck. If this was a test, has definitely proved the point that #Heathrow T3 cannot be safely evacuated.”
“Now you can turn back”. 30 minutes stuck. If this was a test, has definitely proved the point that #Heathrow T3 cannot be safely evacuated. pic.twitter.com/dQ82Tz5WKK
— Giuseppe Sollazzo (@puntofisso) July 4, 2017
A furious passenger posted this tweet:
Absolutely chaos. Appalling handling of the situation by #LHR staff. Hope I don’t miss my flight pic.twitter.com/IHmNzo4XTH
— Faruk Miah MBE (@faruk_miah) July 4, 2017
This passenger tweeted:
Fire alarm going off at #Heathrow and people are just been left to stand around with no idea where to go and airport staff have no idea #WTF pic.twitter.com/VsLYaoecZL
— Rob Platt (@RobPlattDJ) July 4, 2017
Heathrow Airport said on Twitter: “Our teams have investigated and there is no fire in T3 despite the alarm. Passengers will be directed back into the terminal shortly.”
Our teams have investigated and there is no fire in T3 despite the alarm. Passengers will be directed back into the terminal shortly.
— Heathrow Airport (@HeathrowAirport) July 4, 2017
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