Passengers evacuated temporarily at Liverpool airport for technicial reasons

Passengers were evacuated temporarily from a lounge at Liverpool's John Lennon airport on Friday due a scare caused by the failure of scanning machines, the airport confirmed.

"Due to a technical problem with one of the Airport's passenger scanning machines, all passengers have been removed from the Departure Lounge and are currently in the process of being rescreened," the airport said at its website.

"There is no threat to passenger safety," it said. Endit