Thursday, November 10, 2011
HAZMAT worker at Lihu'e Airport (photo: The Garden Island)
Nearly a dozen Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) employees working at the Lihu‘e Airport on the island of Kauai in Hawaii were overcome on November 3 by unidentified emissions coming from the security checkpoint they were manning.
Suspicions point to one of TSA’s screening booths, which may have leaked radiation. A hazardous materials (HAZMAT) team inspected the booth with equipment that measures radiation levels.
The TSA offered no explanation for the incident, which sickened 11 personnel and sent a few to the hospital. The airport was closed for a few hours, but reopened with assurances that everything was fine.
-Noel Brinkerhoff
(with thanks to AllGov reader William Froemming)
Radiation Feared in Airport Shutdown (by Léo Azambuja, The Garden Island)
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