A travel suitcase filled with a ‘low-intensity’ radioactive product was found on an aircraft after landing while travelers were on board.
The airplane with 127 travelers landed today at Terminal 1 of Barcelona-El Prat Airport, about 15 km southwest of the capital, from Zurich.
As the Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) craft was being unloaded, a travel suitcase perhaps dripping low-level radioactive product was found.
The bag, predestined for Salamanca in northwest Spain, included a ‘radiological medical product’ which deals with cancer according to the Catalan paper El Nacional.
The country’s civil defence force said a cardboard box containing the suitcase had been ‘damaged’.
Officials activated ’emergency plans in response to the warning of an incident in a package with radioactive material, of low intensity, transported in an aircraft’ at around 10.20am.
With the Aerocat prepare for aerial emergency situations and the Radcat prepare for radioactive emergency situations in action, the terminal has actually because been cordoned off.
Radiological professionals have actually performed checks and stated the location ‘safe’, the civil defence force, Protecci ó civil, stated.
‘The operations will be withdrawn and the Aerocat and Radcat plans are deactivated,’ the company stated at 1.35 pm regional time.
Bombers, Catalonia’s fire service, stated 13 fire teams had actually been on the scene.
Any staying travelers who had actually not left the airplane had actually been informed to stay inside till all checks were done.
The Emergency Medical System stated on X that ‘no assistance’ was required and ‘no one was affected’.
Flights weren’t impacted by the event, Spain’s airport operator AENA stated.
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) stated in a declaration toMetro co.uk: ‘We can validate that throughout the dumping of the freight hold of flight LX1952 in Barcelona, ground personnel saw that a box consisting of radioactive product had wet spots.
‘Following the required measurements, the accountable authorities did not identify any radioactive contamination.
‘This is a basic airport treatment in case of harmed or, in this case, damp freight with radioactive contents.
‘There was no danger to the passengers, crew or ground personnel at any time. The aircraft was cleared for the return flight to Zurich shortly after 2pm.’
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