Passengers and staff evacuated from building

Passengers and staff are being evacuated from Jersey Airport, police have said.

States of Jersey Police says its officers are dealing with an incident and the airport is in the process of being evacuated as a result.

In a post on social media, the force warned of disruption to all flights “until further notice” and asked the public to avoid attending the airport.

Updates on the incident would “be provided as soon as possible”, the force added.

Passenger Rena Dunphy was evacuated after check-in and said the airport was “covered with police at the minute”.

Speaking to BBC Radio Jersey she said: “I got through security and at about 06:30 GMT the alarm started going off.

“They just got everyone out to assembly points, kept us there for roughly half an hour and then they got everyone out of the assembly points and into the car parks.”

Ms Dunphy said people were then told to leave the car parks and to “go to Strive or basically go home and keep an eye on the airport website until further notice.”

She said more than 100 people had chosen to wait at nearby Strive Health Club, including members of airport staff.

“Police were just saying it was a security issue,” she added.

“I don’t think the staff even know because they were evacuated as well, they’re not even letting the cars or buses or anything in.”