"German public broadcaster WDR reported that employees had identified suspicious items in a bag. These items were clearly flagged as potentially dangerous on the security monitors, and the bag should have been removed from the system. However, instead of directing the bag to a separate conveyor belt for further inspection, the hand luggage was passed along the conveyor belt back to the passenger."
"The unknown person took the bag and disappeared further into the secure area. Federal police launched a search for the passenger and the luggage. The airport reopened in the late morning. 'Passengers are now streaming back into the security screening area, being checked again, and can then continue their journeys,' a federal police spokesperson said. An airport spokesperson said departures had been impossible for around two and a half hours, affecting about a dozen flights."
Departures at Cologne/Bonn Airport were suspended early Friday after the secure area was closed following a security incident. A security screening checkpoint was shut at 6:37 a.m., and Terminal 1 and 2 security zones were cleared as a precaution. Arrivals continued without disruption. New security technology had been introduced the previous day. Employees identified suspicious items in a bag that were flagged as potentially dangerous on monitors, but the bag was mistakenly passed back to the passenger instead of sent for secondary inspection. The passenger left with the bag, prompting a search for the person and luggage. The airport reopened later in the morning; about a dozen departures were delayed.
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