London's Heathrow Airport Briefly Suspends Some Flights Due to 'Security Issue'

May 5, 2017

London's Heathrow airport briefly suspended departures from one of its terminals on Friday due to what police said was a report of a luggage X-ray having found a suspicious item.

An airport spokeswoman said the suspension at terminal 3 had been caused by "a security issue" but did not elaborate.

"We are working with Heathrow terminal 3 after a report of a suspicious item detected by an X-ray of luggage," London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-heathrow-idUSKBN1810X0

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