On Sunday morning, 15 November, passengers and staff at Eugen Doga International Airport in Chișinău were evacuated after a fire alarm. The Border Police write that the alarm went off inside the airport at about 05:36.

In the same day’s notice, border officers say they stepped in to evacuate passengers and staff under the security procedures. The checks found no fire. The alert was false.

“The situation was handled promptly and in complete safety”, and the airport “is operating normally, without interruptions”, the Border Police write. The case remains under examination, so that all the circumstances can be established. The notice does not say what set the alarm off, and it does not give the number of people evacuated.

IPN, at 09:37, quotes the airport administration: the situation was handled promptly and safely, and operations are continuing as normal. The administration also says the incident did not lead to any scheduled flight being postponed or cancelled. The Border Police text does not mention the flights.

The photograph shows Chișinău International Airport, seen from the runway side. The author is Stolbovsky, and the image is on Wikimedia Commons under a CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. It is not Sunday morning’s evacuation.

Source consulted: Alertă falsă la Aeroportul din Chișinău.