Radioactive leak from a medical consignment triggered a panic at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Sunday morning. The leak was reported from the cargo area of the Terminal 3 of the airport, said Chief Fire Officer (Delhi Fire Services) Atul Garg.
The terminal has been cordoned off and as of now, a team from the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) is on its way to the airport.
The medical equipment from which the leak purportedly took place came through Air France airline. A regular consignment of 16 packets of sodium molibdate for cancer treatment arrived by Air France AF 226 last night at 2230 hrs. Consignee was Dhiti Biotech India Pvt Ltd., and the consigner was CISBIO International.
The 10 packages were picked up by ground handling agency CELEBI.
The Emergency Operations Centre of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority alerted all emergency support functionaries, who cordoned off the area.
“We received a call from T 3 cargo terminal that radioactive material leak from cargo. Team was rushed there ,” said Mr. Garg.
The NDRF AND radiology officer of Dharmshila hospital checked the area and declared the radition is in safe limit.Officers from BARC and NDRF cleared the consignment at 1355 hrs
