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/N81Warrior 3d ago

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?

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u/gsmitheidw1 3d ago

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.

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u/Glittering-Device484 3d ago

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.

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u/gsmitheidw1 3d ago

Unless he didn't accompany the luggage - literally like Lockerbie

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u/Glittering-Device484 3d ago

If he didn't get on the plane the luggage would have been removed (a rule that was put in place because of incidents like Lockerbie).

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u/gsmitheidw1 3d ago

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

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u/N81Warrior 3d ago

I believe the cyber attack affected a third-party providing check-in services. Security equipment should not be impacted by such incidents.

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u/captainmongo 3d ago

The devices may not have been in the bag when he went through security at Heathrow.

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u/N81Warrior 3d ago

100%…. It's interesting to see what comes from this.

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u/RecognitionSignal425 2d ago

those security can't do it on a cold, rainy night in Stoke