Passengers face long queues at Edinburgh Airport after security alert

Parts of the airport were evacuated after what Police Scotland described as a ‘potentially suspicious package’ was discovered around 6.50pm on Friday.

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What happenedThe airport was evacuated on Friday night after a ‘potentially suspicious package’ was found.

What changedThe left frames it as "Major disruption warning as Edinburgh Airport reopens after evacuation". The center frames it as "Passengers face long queues at Edinburgh Airport after security alert".

ConfidenceMedium. 3+ sources across at least two bias buckets with comparable news formats.

Archive healthLive match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format

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70WORDING GAP

3 sources · 2 bias buckets · Medium confidence

Still Watching. The left frames it as "Major disruption warning as Edinburgh Airport reopens after evacuation". The center frames it as "Passengers face long queues at Edinburgh Airport after security alert".

SOURCE MAP TIMELINE

Jun 20, 7:31 AM: The Scotsman joined the source map.

Jun 20, 7:32 AM: The Herald (Scotland) joined the source map.

Jun 20, 8:02 AM: The National (Scotland) joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 70/99 and story health is live match · 3 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.

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Center-left ·News report

The Herald (Scotland)6h ago

Passengers face disruption at Edinburgh Airport after security alert

Parts of the airport were evacuated after what Police Scotland described as a ‘potentially suspicious package’ was discovered around 6.50pm on Friday.

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Left ·News report

The National (Scotland)4h ago

Major disruption warning as Edinburgh Airport reopens after evacuation

majordisruptionwarningreopensevacuation

Passengers have been facing long queues at Edinburgh Airport, which has reopened after areas of the terminal building were evacuated on Friday evening because of a security alert

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Center ·News report

The Scotsman6h ago

Passengers face long queues at Edinburgh Airport after security alert

passengersfacelongqueuessecurity

The airport was evacuated on Friday night after a ‘potentially suspicious package’ was found

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