At Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, a radioactive material alarm briefly caused fear on Saturday afternoon.
The alarm went off in Terminal 3's cargo area. The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were contacted by airport officials. As a precaution, a radius of around one kilometer was closed off surrounding the location. After inspection, it was discovered that the alarm had been triggered by a shipment of cancer medications.
The busiest airport in Uttar Pradesh had no disruption in flight operations as a result of the incident.
“The NDRF, called in to ascertain the cause of the alarm, has declared the shipment safe. There were no casualties or injuries, and airport operations continued without disruption. No employee reported any health issues,” according to an airport statement in Lucknow.
(Input from various sources)
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