London Gatwick Airport terminal evacuated as frustrated passengers are forced outside – with flight delays ‘inevitable’
LONDON Gatwick Airport South terminal has been evacuated with frustrated passengers forced outside.
Holidaymakers at the popular airport were told to leave after a "fire alarm" went off.
A travel correspondent reported that flight delays would be "inevitable" following the drama, according to the Times.
Passengers are awaiting details but it is thought that the evacuation may affect train services to the airport and the shuttle to the North Terminal.
In one video, a fire alarm announcement can be heard going off as confused travellers pick up their belongings.
Another shows groups of holidaymakers milling through Gatwick as they attempt to make their way outside.
One passenger at the airport, wrote on X, formerly Twitter: "Incredible. A fire alarm at Gatwick Airport and staff are as clueless as guests as to the procedures on how to safely exit.
"No fire Marshalls, signage pointing the wrong way.
"Eventually found a way out. Awful."
Other videos shared online described the scene at Gatwick as "chaos".
Some have also missed their flights due to being hemmed into an outside area with no news on when they'll be allowed back in, its claimed.
The Sun have contacted London Gatwick Airport for comment.