Radioactive package sparks airport scare

6 April 2004

BRUSSELS – Police were called to Belgium’s Bierset airport on Tuesday after a radioactive substance leaked out of a package being handled by a courier company.

The package, which had arrived in Belgium from the United States, contained Cobalt 51.

Police set up a security cordon around the section of the airport where the package was found and an expert on nuclear material was called to identify the precise nature of the leaked substance.

Subject: Belgian news