200 flights hit as Munich airport temporarily shuts down terminal

Reuters

Published: July 28, 2018 05:26 PM IST

Frankfurt: A security breach on Saturday forced Munich airport to shutdown Terminal 2 temporarily, resulting in the cancellation of 200 flights.

The terminal was shut between 6:47 and 11:44 Central European Time (CET) (0447 and 0944 GMT). Flights resumed at 2pm CET, the airport operator Flughafen Muenchen GmbH said in a press release.

It did not go into details of the reported security breach.

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