23 July 2023 at 10:18 Kirkenes Airport evacuated – older grenade found Kirkenes Airport at Høybuktmoen was evacuated shortly after 10:00 a.m. following the possible discovery of explosives in checked-in luggage, the police in Finnmark report on Twitter. All emergency services are present. At 11.36 the police came up with the following update on Twitter. – The luggage has been removed from the airport and to a secure area. It is an older grenade that has been placed in checked luggage. We are now working on mapping whether there are more explosives before we cancel the evacuation and resume normal conditions at the airport. Just before 11:00, the police wrote that they had inspected the luggage. In consultation with the bomb squad, it was taken away from the airport. Communications adviser at Avinor, Helene W. Jensen, tells TV 2 that they are aware of the situation and that an evacuation has been initiated at the airport. – I don’t have the exact number, but I see that there should have been a flight to Oslo at 10.50, so I expect that all those passengers will be evacuated, says Jensen. – There will naturally be delays on that plane, she adds. Liv Øvreberg is in place with her husband and waiting outside Krikenes Airport on Sunday morning. She has been waiting since 10.15. – When we got here we saw a lot of people outside the entrance. Soon afterwards we were ordered away from the airport. Later we were told that possible explosives had been found which they must remove before we can go back in, says Øvreberg. – Blankets have been distributed to those waiting outside. In addition, there are two buses present that house children, the sick and the elderly, so that they stay warm, says Øvreberg further. In addition to the flight to Oslo at 10.50, there are scheduled flights to Oslo at 11.30, Alta at 12.40 and Tromsø at 12.40 in the next few hours. The picture shows a queue of cars outside Kirkenes Airport. The case is updated.
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Kirkenes Airport evacuated – older grenade found – news Troms and Finnmark
