Explosions in Zaventem

Explosions in Zaventem

World March 22, 2016 07:31

brussels - In the departure hall of Brussels' Zaventem airport this morning have at least two explosions occurred.

The airport has been cleared. A large part of the departure lounge has been completely destroyed. An explosion would have occurred around 8:00 pm at the American Airlines counter.

According to the Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad there are multiple injuries, still unconfirmed reports mention at least twenty people with serious injuries, RTL Nieuws reported at least one death, the Flemish television channel VTM has been eleven deaths. The Belgian television station VRT says he knows that this is a terrorist attack.

Meanwhile, a contingency plan in force.

According to a spokeswoman of Air Traffic Control the Netherlands are the first flights already fled the destination Brussels Airport Schiphol. Currently determines how the rest of the flights must be divided between neighboring airports, according to air traffic control. Zaventem Airport is the busiest airport in Belgium certainly 106,000 takeoffs and landings per year.

 









 

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