Disruption at Stansted airport (13/3/2015)

[theageofthetra]

Any 'on the ground' details as to why an incident in a car park has caused all services to be be suspended between Bishops Stortford and the airport?

 

[dk1]

Any 'on the ground' details as to why an incident in a car park has caused all services to be be suspended between Bishops Stortford and the airport?

BBC East reporting a man drove at the security barrier & now under arrest. Not quite sure why it's taking so long.

 

[Bald Rick]

Bomb disposal are there.

 

[theageofthetra]

No mention of this on main news sites. Seems odd

 

[Llanigraham]

No mention of this on main news sites. Seems odd

Security clamp-down?

 

[mirodo]

No mention of this on main news sites. Seems odd

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-31881096

 

[infobleep]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-31881096

Really surprised the BBC haven't made more of the story and developed it further. Rather short for an incident such as this. I thought these sort of incidents are what 24 hour news channels love.

 

[scott118]

BBC East reporting a man drove at the security barrier & now under arrest. Not quite sure why it's taking so long.

Was it an XR2i, does anybody know? Why publicise one persons crusade, or indeed, his inept ability to perhaps control his 'fast hatch'. Maybe he was simply arrested for wearing white socks, being Essex and all that..

 

[Bald Rick]

Was it an XR2i, does anybody know?

A sporty Ford Fiesta. And the desire of every 12 year old boy in 1983. Until the XR3i...

 

[berneyarms]

Really surprised the BBC haven't made more of the story and developed it further. Rather short for an incident such as this. I thought these sort of incidents are what 24 hour news channels love.

Publicising potential bomb scare incidents in any great detail is not something that the authorities are particularly keen on, and the media tend to follow that train of thought.

 

[infobleep]

Well Glasgow was publicised.

 

[ushawk]

Well Glasgow was publicised.

Glasgow ended with a large fire and a man on fire. It also followed 2 foiled car bombs in London.

Its a bit differently really !!

 

[infobleep]

Glasgow ended with a large fire and a man on fire. It also followed 2 foiled car bombs in London.

Its a bit differently really !!

It is different but during world war 2,there were news blackouts so it is possible to reduce coverage of events.

 

[tannedfrog]

It seems that planes and coaches were running normally, but trains weren't.
Apparently there was also a separate incident involving a fire alarm earlier in the afternoon.

By the way is it delay repay-eligible?