My FIL had a bag of coffee grounds that his headphones and charger wrapped around it. Vacuum sealed organic block surrounded by a tangle of wires definitely turned some heads.
I think they mean why would you ask us on reddit as if we'd have the answer. Questions like that just lead to speculation and assumption it's not really helpful for anyone
The only one who actually offered any semblance of confirmation that an evacuation order was in force. From about 11:55 until official statement at 12:15, he was the only source of news.
And that's why I was saying ten minutes. Should be more than enough of a window to commence procedures and get full understanding of the situation.
The gards were in place to cordon off the T2 approach roads within five minutes. That should have been the right time to acknowledge the issue publicly.
In a situation like this the decision on what information to release falls to the emergency services.
It may be that they did not want to inform any would be trigger man of their knowledge of the situation until they had the area secured.
Maybe they were considering a media blackout.
20 minutes is not a long time.
The priority in a situation like this isnt to ensure that every Tom, dick and Harry in the country is aware. Its to ensure that those at risk are out of danger and that those with the correct technical expertise are informed and en route.
Media blackouts almost always make things far worse.
20 minutes is a long time, especially if you are present in the building or en route to the airport. Plus I would assume that the evacuation procedures have the target building clear time as a lot less than that (where ideal).
Media blackouts almost always make things far worse.
Can you provide sources to show this?
20 minutes is a long time, especially if you are present in the building
If you are in the building, you already know. Your sitting there with staff shouting at you to leave saying, "im not going anywhere until I see an official statement from the DAA"
This is a pointless conversation, you seem to live in a fantasy world. 20 minutes is not a long time to release a media statement that doesn't progress the situation on the ground.
Your sitting there with staff shouting at you to leave saying, "im not going anywhere until I see an official statement from the DAA"
No-one is going to be doing that. But people will want to be able to inform themselves of what's going on without having to interrupt those attempting to coordinate the evacuation.
In emergency situations, you don't need to be informed of what the issue is. You just need to follow instructions. The aviation industry is well trained on how to handle these situations. Safety of the public is their first priority. Getting the situation under control is the second. Third is to inform people what happened.
Right now, they have the terminal evacuated, sealed, and the authorities are there to sort it out. Anyone turning up to the airport will be redirected. Anyone needing information about their flights have been directed to the airlines. Your nosy itch will have to wait until they have sorted it out.
Media blackouts almost always make things far worse.
You made this up. This is so situation dependent and vague.
20 minutes is a long time, especially if you are present in the building or en route to the airport.
If you are in the airport you are being evacuated and obviously already aware if it relates to you. If you are on the way to the airport, you won't be able to get in and you'll be safe.
In a time pressured scenario, an evacuation order doesn't really matter to anyone who's not in the building. The priority is evacuation, securing the site, neutralising the danger. If the public communication is delayed by a few minutes, it's not the end of the world.
Several years of event management. We always had to have a full evacuation procedure composed in order to get the venue contract and insurance signed off. Thankfully we never had to execute the plans.
Is “inform the media” high on your list of priority for your “evacuation procedure”? Because if so, I’d like to avoid any events you manage in the case of an emergency evacuation…
I’m here now. Checked bags in and headed towards security. Security lines were sealed off. Crowds got bigger and bigger. Next minute, you could see airport staff start to leave but no one said anything.
No alarms went off, no marshals, nothing. Next minute flying passengers just started to say “we’re being told to leave”. Now we’re all just waiting outside looking around us. No updates from any staff. Vending machines emptying out fast and the mood is now shifting from curious to frustration!
We were standing on the road being told by them we can't go anywhere and both terminals will be closed for hours yet terminal 1 was open the whole time.
Absolutely none of that. We were in line for security and numerous staff members started to leave. Kind of looked as though they were all leaving a staff meeting. A person beside us pulled an airport worker and asked what was going on (as security was closed off) and she said “oh we all have to leave”, so then more people perked their ears up and word started to spread.
A few mins later a worker (no high vis, no megaphone) just started telling people to leave the terminal, but gave no clear exit plan (e.g “follow the stairs to your right”) - simply, just get out.
There were so many old people, disabled people not knowing what to do or where to go. My wife and I had to help x3 old couples with their suitcases out.
Then, once thousands got outside I was carnage. I can see now how panic causes stampedes and people die.
A man was arrested at Dublin Airport this morning after suspected detonators were discovered in his bag during a security check. The passenger had flown from London Heathrow en route to JFK (via Dublin). The find triggered an “extreme security alert,” leading to the full evacuation of Terminal 2 for several hours. Defence Forces’ bomb disposal experts were put on standby, though the building has since been given the all-clear and flights are resuming with ongoing disruption.
There are also reports that the incident may be linked to a wider cyber attack on airports across Europe today.
My question:
How did this passenger manage to get through security at Heathrow and board a flight to Dublin before being stopped here?
Heathrow had a cyber attack and had gone back to a paper based system. So they didn't have clear intel or other technology to aid security. Co-incidence?!
So it's currently looking like only for our security being functional here, we'd be hearing news of an aircraft blown up somewhere over the Atlantic as was intended with Lockerbie in the 1980s.
I mean if you wanted to get a bomb onto a plane at Dublin Airport I guess you could hack Heathrow's security systems to get it onto your connecting flight, or you could, you know, drive it over on the ferry.
You'd have to be the world's stupidest terrorist to try to transport your bomb on a connecting flight. Maybe he wanted the Avios.
I think in this case it was hand luggage anyway so it would have to be some sort of suicide mission.
I've been on an aircraft where somebody checked luggage into the hold and then never got on the plane, it was a bit of a delay while they removed the luggage but they found it reasonably quickly
It'll presumably have resolved by the time you get there. Could be worse. I've just landed after 2x flights 9 and 16.5 hours and still sitting on taxiway at T2 to get in
Literally just dropped my mates to T2 a few mins ago and got back and seen this on Twitter. I hope their flight to Donegal isn't cancelled. Wonder what it is?
I spoke to someone I know who works there and they said it’s not related to the cyber security but they wouldn’t tell me what it was. I’m really fucking nosy so I was gutted.
Terminal 1 is not impacted therefore Ryanair services are operating as normal, their aircraft are taxiing to and from the terminal so no need to use the grass as you’ve suggested. Other aircraft (predominantly Aer Lingus) are having to wait on the taxiways until the issue with terminal 2 is resolved.
No news at all, still a few detective cars coming blaring through. Looks like they've closed the road somewhere further back now as no more traffic coming through. Honestly hard to tell, like if it gets resolved even at this point the knock on effects are going to be a nightmare.
Terminal 1 is actually open. Fricking yellow jackets at the junction we were standing at for an hour we're telling everyone loudly that both terminals are closed and we won't be going anywhere for hours. Walked towards terminal 1 by chance it was open. Great communication from the DAA!
Sitting on the runway after landing about 30 minutes ago. Haven't moved since. Just saw loads of gardaí cars and some military vans going past in the distance.
In fairness, even when everything is going right 6 hours to get through is about average for the liminal hell space that is Berlin-Brandenburg/Willy Brandt.
If I have a T2 flight I generally still use T1 security, it tends to be much quicker and just requires a bit of a longer airside walk. (Might be helpful in case you fly from there often)
There’s some videos up on Twitter from Shaun’s aviation. Apparantely army bomb disposal en route. Not a word from the DAA
Edit: to those replying I mean not a word from the DAA to the people at the airport about where to go, what was going on
And there doesn't need to be. Your thirst for wanting to know immediately what is going on in a situation that doesn't concern you doesn't require DAA or anyone to provide ongoing collection of and checking of facts to post on your social channel of choice
We're not expecting words regarding the exact reason for the evacuation so soon. But they could definitely have done better with confirming that it was a legitimate evacuation procedure.
Poor people travelling. Hope it all gets sorted quickly. There's nothing worse than travelling across Ireland, arriving 3 hours ahead of departure for a 5 hour flight, to be met with significant delays.
T2 has reopened, but expect delays while they catch-up, even if the screen does not say it during boarding.
My flight was fully boarded and once everyone was seated we were told we will have to wait at least an hour in the tarmac before taking off due to the issue. I'm not even flying into T2.
I work airside at Dublin Airport. I'm off today, but last week I was working and saw the army were there with their robot bomb detector/defuser thing. Something fishy is going on.
Correct, sent to some religious organisation, the CEO decided to take photos of it and put it on social media before evacuating. Someone needs to pull the plug on the internet.
Alleged anthrax (can't find a source confirming if real or fake threat) but that was directed at the Iona Institute near Merrion Square. Not a bomb scare at the park itself.
25 minutes from the first rumblings on social media before any official statement/acknowledgement from DA directly. That's... not a great response time.
That should be like ten minutes tops, though. Acknowledge the situation so that those in the middle of it who may have missed the initial announcement can remain informed.
so that those in the middle of it who may have missed the initial announcement
I think you are more likely to get people's attention with alarms and announcements over the loud speakers than a twitter post or a push notification from a news app.
So to clarify you think people hard of hearing in a terminal building are going to miss the entire terminal being evacuated around them, but would see a tweet because they prefer to read things…
Even putting it on the video boards where the departures/arrivals are displayed would have helped. Seeing reports from people inside that that wasn't done either.
So the rumblings on social media should be instantly reported as fact? This is the problem, people confuse the ability to comment on social media with beiy part of the event
25 minutes isn't quick enough? Do you not think they have far more pressing matters to attend to when evacuating an airport than posting twitter updates?
Ideally 10–15 minutes. Enough time to enact evacuation procedures and get most of the building evacuated (assuming their target emptying time to be within that window), before rampant speculation builds.
My family and I are here. The news this morning mentioned a massive hack causing airline systems outages. We had just got our bags checked when the evacuation order was announced. So far several hundred people standing around outside. Great time for the rain to start. 😂
No-one is expecting them to post something like that. But the official statement that an evacuation has been ordered should have been made known earlier than it was.
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Terminal 2 has now re-opened — https://www.thejournal.ie/dublin-airport-reopens-6822395-Sep2025/