Overview
- Federal police declared a 'police situation' shortly after 9:00 on Friday and ordered everyone out of the airport's secured area, including passengers already on aircraft.
- Officers quickly located and detained the man who had entered the zone after pressing an emergency/door-release button and found no dangerous items during a search.
- Authorities ended the operation about two and a half hours later and reopened the security area, but passengers who had cleared security were required to be screened again.
- Departure boards showed widespread delays of about three hours while the secured sector was searched, though other parts of the airport remained accessible.
- Airport and military spokespeople said a Bundeswehr Tornado exercise at the site was not related, and officials stressed the evacuation followed standard precautionary protocols to rule out planted threats.