Domodedovo terminal by kind permission of A Savin
Moscow’s Domodedovo airport is open for business today following yesterday’s suicide bomb attack which killed 35.
Russia’s busiest airport was thrown into chaos after the blast went off just after 4.30pm local time yesterday in the baggage reclaim area of the arrivals hall.
A further 170 have been injured by the bomb.
The Foreign Office has confirmed a Briton was killed in the blast.
One flight had just landed at the airport from the UK, BMI flight BD891, whilst a British Airways flight had landed one hour before the blast.
BMI says all crew have been accounted for and it is waiting to hear of news of its passengers.
According to Reuters, Russia’s chief investigator said the attack was the work of terrorists. It is now believed that Russian airport security was alerted to the possibility of an attack a week ago but did not act on the tip-off.
Three men are now being hunted by police in connection with the bombing. They are from Russia’s mostly Muslim North Caucasus region, including Chechnya. This is the area from which Islamic terrorist have conducted a series of attacks previously.
Security has been increased across Moscow with all airports and transport hubs on high alert.
Briton Mark Green told the BBC: “We were walking out through the exit of the arrivals hall towards the car, and there was this almighty explosion, a huge bang… my colleague and I looked at each other and said ‘Christ that sounds like a car bomb or something,’ because the noise, literally, shook you.”
by Dinah Hatch
