Brussels Airport reopens to thin stream of passengers

[a7mos]

Brussels Airport reopened to a thin stream of passengers on Sunday, 12 days after suicide bombers destroyed its departure hall and killed 16 people.

Belgium's main airport had not handled passenger flights since two suspected Islamist militants carried out the suicide attacks. Those bombs and a separate one on a metro train in the capital killed 32 people, excluding the three bombers.

The first of three scheduled flights set for Sunday was due to depart for Faro in Portugal at 1:40 p.m. local time (1140 GMT), with only about 60-70 passengers. Planes will also go to Turin and Athens later in the day, with three return flights set for the evening.

The first passengers for nearly two weeks fed into a vast temporary marquee housing security controls and check-in facilities.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-belgium-blast-airport-idUSKCN0X00D6

this was really a short period of time  I am impressed

[bryant.coleman]

From what I have read, somewhere around 25% to 30% of the population of Brussels is Muslim. And this proportion is increasing very steeply due to the high birth rates of the Turks and Arabs. The Kingdom of Belgium itself is a failed idea. The French (who form just 30% of the population) are ruling over the majority Flemish (60% to 70% of the population), and they are forcing their language and customs upon the Flemish. Not satisfied with this, they are importing hordes of Arabs from the Middle East (just because French happens to be their second language).