Brussels main airport failed to reopen on Friday evening as planned because police and airport authorities could not agree on how to screen passengers arriving for flights following the March 22 suicide bombings. The airport has not handled passenger flights since two suspected Islamist militants carried out the attacks. Those bombs and a separate one on a metro train in the city killed 35 people in all and wounded scores of others. The airport, whose departure hall was destroyed in the blasts, has built a temporary check-in zone, conducted tests and had declared itself ready to restart flights. The federal police, whose officers work in the airport, wants passengers to be checked outside the new departure zone. But the airport authorities say this would mean passengers waiting too long and simply shift the security threat from inside to outside the area. Airport police say they are ready to strike over the issue. "We need an agreement with the police unions. There are currently discussions between them and the interior ministry," an airport spokeswoman said, confirming there would be no passenger flights on Friday. Belgium's national security council, a grouping of senior...
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