Airport radioactive material leak sees five workers rushed to medical centre

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The substance's risk is 'low'.

No one has been ‘seriously affected’, officials say A suitcase filled with a ‘low-intensity’ radioactive material was discovered on a plane after landing while passengers were on board. The aircraft with 127 passengers landed this morning at Terminal 1 of Barcelona-El Prat Airport, about 15km southwest of the capital, from Zurich. As the Swiss International Air Lines craft was being unloaded, a suitcase possibly leaking low-level radioactive material was discovered.

En aquests moments, els efectius de @bomberscat segueixen fent comprovacions per determinar si el paquet pot estar afectat, a l’espera del Servei de Coordinació d’Activitats Radioactives Preventivament també s’ha mobilitzat el @semgencat i la Operativa de #protecciocivil— Protecció civil February 20, 2024 With the Aerocat plan for aeronautical emergencies and the Radcat plan for radioactive emergencies in action, the terminal has since been cordoned off.

 

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