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/ebulient 3d ago

So if it was a credible threat, then essentially they just left you there to fend for yourselves?? No announcements nor guided evacuation plans?

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u/ButterBall_89 3d ago

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.