Frankfurt Airport Reopens After Evacuation on Security Slip

  • Airport police give all clear after three-hour disruption
  • French family waved through despite tripping explosives alarm
Passengers run for flights inside Terminal 2 at Frankfurt Airport, operated by Fraport AG, in Frankfurt.

Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg

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Frankfurt Airport reopened after a partial evacuation caused by a French family being mistakenly waved through security despite a positive test for explosives, according to police.

The four-person family was questioned and allowed to continue travel after the mistake by a security assistant, the Frankfurt airport police said on Twitter. Police had cleared some areas in the airport’s Terminal 1 and halted boarding in the incident.