BREAKING: ‘Suspicious package’ sparking huge traffic queues at Heathrow Airport, LONDON

BREAKING NEWS: ‘Suspicious package’ scare suspends Terminal 3 flights sparking huge traffic queues at Heathrow Airport

Emergency services were called to investigate as travellers waited for hours on the runway.

Tim Chambers, a passenger on a BA flight to Bilbao, said his plane was held on the tarmac for two hours due to a suspected ‘security lapse’.

He added that every plane due to depart was being searched by armed police.

Mr Chambers said the captain on his flight told passengers the delays were because a man had reportedly grabbed his bag and run through security after it had been pulled aside to be checked.

As a result, all flights from Terminal 3 were grounded.

While it was initially feared the passenger had run back on to the airside area of security from arrivals, it was later confirmed this was not the case.

Fellow passengers took videos and photos of police officers with sniffer dogs searching planes on the runway.

A Heathrow spokesman said: ‘Departures were suspended for a short time from Terminal 3 due to a security issue.

‘We are sorry to any passengers whose journeys are affected.

‘The safety and security of our passengers and colleagues is paramount.’

The scare came just hours after a man arriving in the UK on a flight from Turkey was arrested on suspicion of terror-related offences.

The 30-year-old was detained by the Metropolitan Police’s counter-terror squad as he stepped off the plane, from Istanbul to Heathrow, yesterday evening.

A police spokesman said the man had been arrested on suspicion of preparing for terrorist acts and terrorist training.

He remains in custody at a south London police station.

Source: ‘Suspicious package’ scare suspends Terminal 3 flights | Daily Mail Online