thursday afternoon Eindhoven airport closed for several hours (Netherlands) presents hundreds of passengers with great difficulties. The reason for this closure is a so-called afirearm in the hand luggage of a passenger.
According to the ANP agency, hundreds of Dutch have been stranded at various airports around the world due to the impossibility of landing any flights at Eindhoven airport.
The airline Transavia reported two planes to take off Ibiza they couldn’t, but it was not specified how many passengers were in them. The agency adds that in some cases passengers who are unable to fly may not be able to return to the Netherlands until several days later than scheduled.
Finally, Dutch airport sources reported that what “looked like a firearm” did not happen and airspace returned to a certain normal yesterday afternoon.