Airport closed over gas leak
13.11.07
More than 200 passengers were delayed after a gas leak led to the evacuation of Durham Tees Valley Airport and neighbouring St George's airport hotel yesterday. The leak was caused when a mechanical digger ruptured a gas main behind the hotel at about noon.
Fire crews - including some using specialist gas detection equipment - and hazard risk experts plus gas board engineers were called out to deal with the incident. An inbound flight from Dublin was allowed to land at 13:30 its 130 passengers were kept on board the plane while emergency services resolved the problem.
The terminal re-opened shortly after 14:15, which also delayed an outbound flight. Durham Police, who had been called to set up an exclusion zone and divert traffic, arrested two suspected illegal immigrants whilst there.
A spokeswoman for the airport apologised for the inconvenience the incident caused.
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