Evacuation At Manchester Airport Last Monday

[DJHawkes]

could this have been a newspaper test? the set up was bizarre, asian traveller with aun unidentifiable liquid 'solution' in a bottle and packages in his luggage that were empty. What's that all about?

[boxtops]

I don't know anything about this story, dotty - got a link?

[askyourgran]

I haven't seen anything about that dotty. Was it April Fool's day?

[DJHawkes]

no only a first hand account, though maybe there is something online i shall go and have a rummage in my laptop

[bibblebub]

this is it on the bbc site http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-21993700 but no explanation

[DJHawkes]

it was, which is why when i got the message on mondya i replied , 'ha ha' but it did happen

[douglas9401]

Identifiable as contact lens solution, apparently, in close proximity to 'mobile phone parts'.

[boxtops]

Perhaps it was a safety exercise?

[DJHawkes]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/terminal-one-now-re-opened-evacuation-2492336

[DJHawkes]

it wasn't contact lense solution and the traveller's luggage had empty packages in it nothing else, one of the check in girls was there and she told me