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FRENCH airport bosses have promised to tear down terminal 2E at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport if the whole construction is found to be unsafe.

The news comes as construction workers picking over the wreckage following yesterday’s (Sunday) collapse of part of the building were evacuated today after they reported hearing more cracks.

"Police evacuated the building as a precaution after the cracking was heard in the same terminal," said Jerome Dutrieux, spokesman for Aeroports de Paris, the Paris airports operator. "The cracks were again in the departure hall."

Slabs of concrete, metal and glass crashed down on to a waiting area on Sunday morning, bringing down a 50-metre long, 30-metre wide section of a long tube-like building. Four passengers were killed.

Terminal 2E mainly handles long-haul and medium-haul flights for Air France. The carrier has switched the 60 or so daily movements to other terminals and warned passengers to expect some delays.