Explosions in Zaventem
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.
@EjmAlrai @AnneAzzaAly Also an attack reported at metro maalbeek pic.twitter.com/rxZagPYuzj
— Dallicious (@dallicious050) March 22, 2016
Brussels airport now.. #Zaventem #BrusselsAirport #brusselsattack #belgium pic.twitter.com/J4Jk6rCpaU
— Giorgi Tabagari (@Tabagari) 22 maart 2016
#inBELS | Evacuatie #Brussel Airport (Zaventem) bezig, mensen lopen door gangen luchthavengebouw (pic: @twongbe) pic.twitter.com/E6g19FX5Fu
— roeland roovers (@r0eland) 22 maart 2016
Enorme knal in treinstation @BrusselsAirport. Geen idee voorlopig wat er gaande is. pic.twitter.com/4P5e8SIDDH
— Tine Hollevoet (@tine_10e) 22 maart 2016
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