8 French Airports Shut Down, Evacuated Forcefully Amid Security Concerns

Amid a bomb threat, eight French airports were forcefully evacuated on October 18. Strasbourg airport in eastern France said it was evacuated due to a bomb threat. Moreover, Nantes airport in Western France was also evacuated noting the same reason. However, evacuated earlier, the airports of Biarritz and Toulouse in the southwest, Lille in the north and Lyon-Bron in the southeast said that operations were resuming following a police operation.