Gatwick Airport’s south terminal has reopened after police called a bomb disposal squad and evacuated passengers to assess a “suspected prohibited item” which was found in luggage.Passengers were ordered to leave a large part of the south terminal of the UK’s second-busiest airport on Friday morning following the discovery at 8.

London's Gatwick airport evacuated part of its south terminal on Friday over an unspecified "security incident."

At 8.20am on Friday, staff at the South Terminal discovered a “suspected prohibited item” in a passenger’s cabin baggage. By 10.55am, police had ordered a security cordon and the evacuation of the building and adjacent railway station.