Hundreds of passengers and staff were evacuated from London City airport on Friday following a reported “chemical incident” that left 26 travellers feeling unwell and shut down flights in and out of the hub.The airport re-opened later Friday.“We are treating 26 patients at the scene for difficulty breathing,” the London Ambulance Service said, adding that two of them were taken to hospital.A “hazardous area response team” was also sent to the airport in east London, which caters mainly for business travellers and short-haul flights.The London Fire Brigade in a statement said firefighters and police officers had carried out two full sweeps ofthe airport in protective equipment.“The building was ventilated, searched and declared safe,” it said, adding that “no elevated readings” had been registered during the search.The airport said on Twitter it had re-opened although there would be continued disruption to flights, three hours after the incident was first reported and the terminalwas shut down.The Fire Brigade said it had sent three fire engines to the airport following “reports of a chemical incident” but did notsay what the cause might be.“Around 500 members of the public and staff have been evacuated and there are reports of a number of passengers feeling unwell,” it said earlier.Several incoming flights fromdestinations such as Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Paris were diverted to other airports or cancelled.London City Airport is the 13th busiest airport in Britain, with a total of 4.3 million passengers last year.
Ibadan— TWELVE persons, including a mother and her twin children, were feared killed in an accident that occurred, yesterday, at Oja-Oba Market area of the Ibadan South East Local Government Area of Oyo State. Some of the vehicles and tricycles crushed by the truck (inset) in Ibadan, yesterday. PHOTOS: Dare Fasube. Police put the casualty figure at four, but some eyewitnesses claimed the number of lives lost could not be less than 12. While the accident left several people injured, several commercial cars and property were crushed by an articulated vehicle. According to a source, the driver of the truck, which had just off loaded cement, lost control of his vehicle and crushed about 12 persons on the spot. While the remains of those killed were taken to the morgue at Adeoyo State Hospital, the injured were rushed to the University College Hospital, Ibadan. It was gathered that the truck, with number plates AGL883XQ, skidded off its lane to the other side of the road, crushed man...
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