An authorized transport of radioactive isotope caused a scare at Budapest airport this week.
According to Origo.hu, no harmful radioactive material or radiation was released when the container overheated.
Airport staff unloading the plane noticed that a lead container transporting radioactive material overheated, alarms were raised and a 700-meter area around the airplane was sealed off as experts were brought in to assess the situation.
A Turkish Airlines flight (pictured above) carried a lead container with what has been reported to be Iridium 192 isotope, a material used in cancer treatments and industrial radiography. The isotope was destined for the National Radiobiology Institute in Budapest and originated from Russia.
A mobile laboratory of the Hungarian disaster management services was dispatched to the airport and traffic in and out of Terminal 2 was halted for the duration of the examination. The spokesman of the service said there was no evidence of harmful leakage and normal operations resumed shortly before midnight.
