Berlin BER airport Terminal 1 evacuated after security scare

One daycorroborated8 outlets reported this themselves in 9 reports over 1 day - more reporting than echo.

After publishing: 1 headline quietly rewritten1 change

Die Zeit (Germany)seen 4 Sept, 01:24headline rewritten
~~Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg: Terminal am Flughafen BER wegen Gefahrgutalarm geräumt~~Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg: Entwarnung nach Räumung an Flughafen BER wegen Gefahrgutalarm

All 9 reports on Thu, 3 September 2026

What it is about

Authorities Berlin BER airport Terminal 1 Savezna policija Berlinu Berlin Brandenburg Frau Polizeieinsatz Polizei Flughafen BER Berlinie Police Berlin BER Airport BER Airport Kobieta Berlin-Brandenburg Njemačka savezna policija

Who published it, and when

original reportedited after publishingfirst to report

DW Top Stories

Die Zeit (Germany)

Anadolu Agency (AA)

3 Sept, 17:27over 5 hours3 Sept, 22:08

5 reports left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place

How it spread - 9 original reports

Thu, 3 September 2026
9 reports
- DW Top Stories17:27first to report
  Berlin BER airport Terminal 1 evacuated after security scare
  Authorities have emptied Terminal 1 at BER airport in Berlin, at least as a precaution. The airport said that more than two-dozen flights had been delayed but that they were trying to avoid any cancellations.
- DW Top Stories17:27
  Berlin: BER Airport Terminal 1 reopened after security scare
  Police have given the all-clear at Terminal 1 at Berlin's BER Airport following an earlier security scare and evacuation. The airport said some flights had been delayed but they were trying to avoid any cancelations.
- Index.hr (Croatia)18:21
  Terminal zračne luke u Berlinu evakuiran zbog sigurnosne prijetnje
  TERMINAL 1 zračne luke Berlin Brandenburg evakuiran je u četvrtak navečer nakon što je žena prijavila opasnu tvar u svojoj prtljazi. Savezna policija aktivirala je sigurnosni protokol.
- RMF24 (Poland)19:42
  Ewakuacja na lotnisku w Berlinie. „Alarm dotyczący materiałów niebezpiecznych”
  Ewakuacja na lotnisku w Berlinie. „Alarm dotyczący materiałów niebezpiecznych”
- Wirtualna Polska (Poland)20:24
  Kobieta wywołała alarm. Ewakuacja na lotnisku w Berlinie
  Z powodu potencjalnie niebezpiecznej substancji w czwartek późnym popołudniem częściowo ewakuowano terminal 1 na głównym lotnisku w stolicy Niemiec, Berlin-Brandenburg (BER) - poinformowały niemiecka policja i władze lotniska.
- Die Zeit (Germany)20:28edited after publishing
  Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg: Entwarnung nach Räumung an Flughafen BER wegen Gefahrgutalarm
  previously~~Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg: Terminal am Flughafen BER wegen Gefahrgutalarm geräumt~~
  Der Polizeieinsatz am Berliner Flughafen BER ist beendet. Zuvor hatte eine Frau im Terminal 1 der Polizei gegenüber geäußert, einen gefährlichen Stoff bei sich zu haben.
- Vecernji list (Croatia)20:44
  Drama na berlinskom aerodromu: Evakuiran terminal, specijalci stigli u zaštitnim odijelima
  Njemačka savezna policija, zadužena za sigurnost u prometu, evakuirala je terminal nakon što je žena na jednom od servisnih punktova rekla sigurnosnom osoblju da ima opasnu tvar.
- tportal (Croatia)21:30
  Panika u zračnoj luci: Evakuiran terminal u Berlinu, 30 letova kasnilo
  Kaos je nastao kad je jedna žena došla do sigurnosnog osoblja i rekla da u prtljazi ima potencijalno opasnu tvar
- Anadolu Agency (AA)22:08
  Terminal 1 evacuated at Berlin BER Airport over alleged toxic threat
  Police arrest woman after telling them that she has toxic substances in her handbag