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Cologne/Bonn Airport Reopens After Precautionary Security Halt

Investigators are probing a suspected screening error with newly introduced CT equipment, leaving several lanes offline.

Overview

  • Police closed the security areas of Terminals 1 and 2 at 06:37 on Feb. 13, stopping departures for about two and a half hours while checks were carried out.
  • Officials said there was no acute danger to life and described the shutdown as a precautionary measure.
  • Arrivals continued during the disruption, while roughly a dozen outbound flights were delayed rather than canceled.
  • Local reporting indicates a bag flagged as suspicious was handed back to a passenger, triggering a search and requiring affected travelers to be screened again.
  • After reopening, several new CT-scanner lanes were taken out of service, reducing screening capacity to about 60% and affecting roughly 800 passengers as technicians work to fix the issue.