Birmingham Airport in central England has cancelled flights, been evacuated and asked passengers not to turn up after a report of a suspicious vehicle, police and the airport said on Wednesday. "West Midlands Police is currently dealing with an ongoing incident on-site,

Flights were delayed with at least one cancelled after Birmingham Airport was forced to shut down over a bomb scare

The CAA says: "The cases have centred on whether technical faults on an aircraft could be an extraordinary circumstance. In June 2014 the English Court of Appeal issued a judgment in the Jet2 v Huzar case which provided clarity in the UK that technical problems were not an extraordinary circumstance."

Operations at Birmingham Airport are slowly “returning to normal” after a suspected vehicle report that caused “chaos.”According to Sky News, all the flights were suspended and all people including staff and passengers

Birmingham Airport in central England has been evacuated as a precautionary measure following a report of a suspicious vehicle, police said on Wednesday.

A major international airport serving the UK's second-largest city was evacuated and all flights were suspended for several hours on Wednesday because of a security alert.

Birmingham Airport has been evacuated following reports of a suspicious vehicle. West Midlands Police said the move was "a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of passengers and staff". A Birmingham Airport spokesperson said: “West Midlands Police is currently dealing with an ongoing incident on-site.

Hundreds of passengers have been evacuated and all planes grounded after a suspicious vehicle was discovered at Birmingham Airport today (Wed). Pictures show holidaymakers being forced to line up outside the terminal building while police conduct a fingertip search of the site.