Updates with resumption of operations, details
FRANKFURT, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Cologne/Bonn aiport in western Germany halted operations for several hours on Friday morning following a security incident, affecting thousands of passengers, local media reported.
The stoppage, which caused the evacuation of two passenger terminals' security areas, was related to a glitch in new security equipment, regional public broadcaster WDR said.
Shortly after 9 a.m. (0800 GMT), planes were starting to take off again, according to the flight-tracking website Flightradar24.
Cologne/Bonn is Germany's sixth-busiest airport by passengers and a regional hub for United Parcel Service UPS.N.
(Reporting by Ludwig Burger and Thomas Seythal; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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