London airport emergency: Heathrow shuts terminal 4; passengers evacuated

Heathrow Airport ’s terminal 4 was closed and evacuated Monday evening as emergency services responded to an incident.

The airport made the announcement in a post on X, urging passengers not to travel to terminal 4 and reassuring that all other terminals are operating normally.

Terminal 4 check-in has been closed and evacuated while emergency services respond to an incident. Please do not travel to Terminal 4, colleagues are supporting passengers on site. We will provide further information as soon as we can, all other terminals are operating as normal pic.twitter.com/Zdbc8D7gw3

— Heathrow Airport (@HeathrowAirport) September 8, 2025

The closure comes at Heathrow, located southwest of London, which is the UK ’s main international airport and one of the busiest air hubs in the world.

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