Belgium's second largest passenger airport has reopened after operations were suspended on Tuesday morning due to a bomb alert aboard a Ryanair plane. Just before 11am on Tuesday a bomb alert was triggered aboard a Ryanair plane that had landed at Charleroi Airport in Hainaut Province. The plane had arrived at the airport that is sometimes referred to as “Brussel South Airport” from Faro in Portugal.
A spokesperson for Charleroi Airport told journalists that “A security perimeter was set up around the aircraft, requiring the closure of the runway and the suspension of operations”.
The airport confirms that the plane landed safely. "The passengers are still on board while the police investigate what is going on. A security perimeter of half a kilometre has been established around the plane. Consequently, no other planes are able to take off from or land at Charleroi”.
The passengers that were in the airport terminal building were not evacuated.
The airport reopened at around 1:45pm. However, delays to flights remain a possibility.