Sussex Police said a ‘security cordon has been put in place’ inside the south terminal of the UK’s second busiest airport.

An explosives disposal team has been sent to London’s Gatwick Airport after a “suspected prohibited item” was discovered in luggage, police said, after a terminal was evacuated. Sussex police said on Friday that a security cordon would remain in place around the airport’s south terminal and the explosive ordnance disposal team (EOD) was deployed “as a precaution”.

A bomb disposal team was deployed to London Gatwick Airport after a large part of its South Terminal was evacuated following discovery of a "suspected prohibited item in luggage," police said Friday. Gatwick announced that a large part of the South Terminal has been evacuated as a precaution while they continue to investigate a "security incident."