This article is expected to change as the situation develops
Update 10.37am: Aeroports Paris, the authority which manages Charles de Gaulle airport, has confirmed that flights at the airport are currently operating normally.
@tomirwin_tw Hello Tom, flights are operating normally. No impact on flights schedule at the moment. Best regards.
— Aéroports de Paris (@AeroportsParis) January 9, 2015Update 10.02am: Latests reports say runways at Charles de Gaulle airport are now all open, but that flight patterns have been adapted due to the hostage incident involving helicopters close by.
No runways closed at CDG, press officer tells BBC Paris. But the flight pattern has been adapted to the situation #CharlieHebdo
— Lisa Louis (@weissercappu) January 9, 2015
Paris Charles de Gaulle airport has been partially closed due to the manhunt for terrorists involved in the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris.
Two of the four runways at the airport are reported to have been shut and flights are being diverted.
Two out of four runways shut at Charles de Gaulle airport closed due to hostage taking, Le @lemondefr#CharlieHebdo
— Henry Samuel (@H_E_Samuel) January 9, 2015The move comes as police converge at the scene of a hostage taking around five miles from the airport at an industrial zone in Dammartin-en-Goele.
Latest reports suggest the suspects have taken one hostage inside a building and shots have been fired.
In fast-moving developments, a police helicopter is circling the site off the N2 motorway.