Australian news live: gas leak in Sydney air traffic control tower leads to brief evacuation, flight diversions

Sydney Airport control tower evacuation sparked by gas leak

Ben Doherty

Sydney Airport’s control tower was evacuated on Sunday morning after a minor leak of gas into the air conditioning system. The evacuation prompted two international flights to be diverted to other airports.

Airservices Australia said the tower was evacuated for one hour and its rescue fire fighting service attended. No-one was harmed in the incident and the airport terminal was not evacuated. The alarm was first raised…