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A man has been arrested under counter-terror laws after a "chemical incident" at London City Airport.
Hundreds of people were forced to flee the airport following the incident on Friday, with 27 treated by paramedics and two requiring hospital treatment.
Police later discovered what was thought to CS gas spray, also known as tear gas.
Fire alarms sounded at about 4.15pm and hundreds of passengers were evacuated onto the tarmac outside.
One passenger, PR consultant Kim Fletcher, said: "There was a woman saying at first she thought she could smell deoderant but it became quite noxious with people coughing.
"I arrived after the airport was shut. Everyone was pushed out across the road."
Boxer David Haye tweeted: "Gutted can’t get to Scotland for @JoshTaylorBoxer fight tonight.
"As #CityAirport got evacuated when everyone started coughing uncontrollably!"
David Walker added: "No one has a megaphone so it's an airfield of Chinese whispers and confused looking people."
A spokesman for the Met said: "The man, 25, was arrested at a residential address in east London and taken to a west London police station. He was arrested on suspicion of using a noxious substance to cause serious damage - an offence under section 113 of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.
"He has since been bailed pending further enquiries to a date in late November.
"Officers from the Aviation Policing CID investigate."
A man has been arrested under counter-terror laws after a "chemical incident" at London City Airport.
Hundreds of people were forced to flee the airport following the incident on Friday, with 27 treated by paramedics and two requiring hospital treatment.
Police later discovered what was thought to CS gas spray, also known as tear gas.
Fire alarms sounded at about 4.15pm and hundreds of passengers were evacuated onto the tarmac outside.
One passenger, PR consultant Kim Fletcher, said: "There was a woman saying at first she thought she could smell deoderant but it became quite noxious with people coughing.
"I arrived after the airport was shut. Everyone was pushed out across the road."
Boxer David Haye tweeted: "Gutted can’t get to Scotland for @JoshTaylorBoxer fight tonight.
"As #CityAirport got evacuated when everyone started coughing uncontrollably!"
David Walker added: "No one has a megaphone so it's an airfield of Chinese whispers and confused looking people."
A spokesman for the Met said: "The man, 25, was arrested at a residential address in east London and taken to a west London police station. He was arrested on suspicion of using a noxious substance to cause serious damage - an offence under section 113 of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.
"He has since been bailed pending further enquiries to a date in late November.
"Officers from the Aviation Policing CID investigate."
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