Terminal 1 of BER cleared due to suspected dangerous goods

Terminal 1 of the capital's BER airport was evacuated in the evening because of a potentially dangerous substance. Passengers were asked to leave the building, a federal police spokesman said. Accordingly, a woman told the federal police service point that she had a dangerous substance with her.

“Due to the undetermined substance, a danger could not be ruled out,” said the police spokesman. That's why the dangerous goods alarm was triggered.

Transferring passengers to another terminal

The airport company confirmed the incident: "Due to the suspicion of a dangerous substance, the federal police triggered a dangerous goods alarm at around 5:45 p.m.," wrote an airport spokesman. For security reasons, “the public area of ​​Terminal 1 was cleared.”

Machines that were already ready for dispatch were able to take off normally, while machines that were approaching could continue to land. Passenger processing “will be moved to Terminal 2 as much as possible,” the spokesman wrote. "It is currently not possible to predict to what extent there will be delays and flight cancellations." He initially did not provide any further information.

Last interruption of operations in March