Holidaymakers are facing chaos at Heathrow Airport after emergency services evacuated Terminal 2. 

The airport has been thrown into disarray following reports of a ‘suspicious item that needed to be checked out’, the Metropolitan Police said. 

The force added it has now completed its checks and ‘the incident has been stood down’, although passengers are reportedly still experiencing huge queues for people trying to get through security. 

Videos show crowds as far as they eye can see, while some people reported a ‘crush’ when the terminal was reopened.

Images also showed emergency vehicles parked outside and police with sniffer dogs roaming around the building. 

The travel chaos is likely to bring misery to thousands of England supporters who are looking to travel to Germany in time for the Three Lions’ Euros quarter final match on Saturday. 

Holidaymakers have been seen packing the halls of Heathrow after emergency services evacuated Terminal 2

Images shared on social media have showed crowds of people amassed inside the airport

Other images also show police with sniffer dogs roaming around the outside of the airport.

Mark Pusey, 44, from west London, was at the airport for his journey to Leipzig, Germany, but now fears he will miss his connecting flight from Frankfurt.

He said: ‘They shut the terminal and nobody will tell us why.

‘It is pandemonium in some of the terminals – people are running all over the place.

‘There is just a complete lack of information. Nobody has said anything. Every time I ask staff a question they reply with “I can’t tell you”.

‘It is chaos – lots of people are running around. There was one guy who was happy to lose his bag and try to make his flight than wait around and potentially miss it.’

Mark added: ‘When they finally opened the terminal up there was people getting crushed and stood on. People were leaving their partners behind to get on escalators.

‘It was frantic and it just seemed like nobody was really in control or in charge. There were no announcements, nothing.’

Although Mark’s flight has currently only been delayed by 20 minutes, he now fears that he will miss his connecting flight on the other side.

Pictures show queues of passengers as far as the eye can see at Terminal 2 in Heathrow

Images also showed emergency vehicles parked outside the airport earlier on Friday morning 

Travelers took to X to air their frustrations about the ongoing situation, with some claiming they had been waiting in queues for over forty minutes. 

Michael Barraclough said: ‘Big up everyone squeezing through to the front of the throng outside Heathrow terminal 2, you’re definitely going to get through, the rest of us stood here waiting for 40+ minutes are clearly just doing it for lolz’ 

One frustrated punter added: ‘Anyone know what’s happening at Terminal 2 at #Heathrow? Some sort of evacuation happening but no instructions from staff? 

‘Everyone being asked to leave establishments. Congregation on the lower floor #T2Heathrow’

Another person wrote: ‘#heathrowlockdown2024 T2 being evacuated…everyone sitting around waiting with no info? #heathrow’

Andy added: ‘Heathrow Terminal 2 being evacuated but no clue why?’. 

Ken said: ‘At #Heathrow #terminal2 #ht2 been asked to evacuate no idea why.’

A Heathrow spokesperson said: ‘This morning our teams worked with emergency services to respond to an incident in Terminal 2 which has now been resolved. 

‘We ask passengers to check with their airline if flying from Terminal 2, the rest of the airport is operating normally.’