False Alarm At Manchester Airport

A Bomb disposal team was called to Manchester airport earlier in the week amid fears from a suspicious bag belonging to a man who is thought to have a false passport, the man believed to be 59 remains in police custody.

1800 passengers and 500 staff were evacuated from Terminal 1 around 10.30am after inspection the police confirmed it was a false alarm. Supt Phil Davies said the safety of passengers and staff was their primary concern.

11 flights were grounded in total though no arriving flights were affected.

Manchester airport to test new eye scanner

Manchester airport is once again leading the way in technology as it becomes the first the first Uk airport to trial new eye scanners that read passengers iris as they are walking around the terminal.

Bosses hope the trial will prove successful and be implemented on a permanent basis, the hope is that criminals will be unable to swap boarding passes before take off as the eyes are scanned instead of the ticket.

The trials are only being used on volunteers and no security is being stepped down as a result. Manchester airport was the first airport to test the highly controversial body scanners, which have now been extended to more UK airports.

Crowds Gather To Greet Airbus A380 At Manchester Airport

Thousands of people gathered at Manchester airport on Wednesday to greet the world’s largest commercial airliner the Airbus A380. The plane which carries 517 passengers in a double-decker style was making its first arrival at Manchester airport.

The Emirates plane set off from Dubai and arrived at Manchester at 12.25pm, crowds commented on a special day and one to remember as the plane made its monumental touchdown.

The airport had spent £10 million on upgrading its airfield to accommodate the huge aircraft and becomes the first regional airport to have a daily A380 service in operation.

Heathrow started taking the arrival of the Airbus back in 2008