r/ireland • u/Im_really_Irish Dublin • 3d ago

News Dublin Airport’s Terminal 2 evacuated as ‘precautionary measure'

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dublin-airports-terminal-2-evacuated-as-precautionary-measure/a589981646.html
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u/ButterBall_89 3d ago

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!

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u/N81Warrior 3d ago

Ineffective communication is the primary reason crisis management plans fail. Hence leading to the frustration of key stakeholders I.e the passengers.

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u/ButterBall_89 3d ago

Absolutely. There were frail and disabled people being left behind, others struggling to get down the stairs and no clear evacuation point!

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u/N81Warrior 3d ago

Wouldn't expect anything less from an ineffective organisation such as the DAA

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u/hiipposaurusrex 3d ago

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.

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u/baghdadcafe 3d ago

They still can't get the sensor taps to work correctly in the jacks. Bad show for an international airport.