LIVE Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening ceremony LIVE: Tom Daley and Helen Glover to fly flag for Team GB as French capital gears up for huge celebrations after travel chaos threatens to overshadow start of summer Games By Ed Carruthers and Emily Cooper Published: 16:30, 26 July 2024 | Updated: 17:13, 26 July 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Advertisement 16:12 French airport evacuated due to bomb scare By Ed Carruthers Amid the travel chaos that swept across the country earlier this morning, an airport located on the Swiss-French border was evacuated earlier today, following a bomb scare. Basel-Mulhouse airport terminals were evacuated before being reopened, with flight operations ‘gradually restarting’. 'For safety reasons, the terminal had to be evacuated and is currently closed,' the Basel-Mulhouse EuroAirport said on its website.
Some Parisians have now shared their embarrassment following what's been a chaotic Olympics opening day. Hermance Bonjasson, 42, who spoke to MailOnline as she waited for a replacement train to take her to the Vendee on the Atlantic coast, said: 'I'm embarrassed that the world see us like this. This should be a very proud day for France, not a day for sadness and annoyance.
' France HUMILIATED by Olympics opening day disaster Parisians have said that what should have been a 'very proud day for France', with the Paris opening ceremony later, has turned into one of 'sadness and annoyance' amid travel disruption. Mail Online 16:01 France’s rail network .