Radiation feared in Airport shutdown - Hawaii

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http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/article_68dacfc6-0787-11e1-8073-001cc4c03286.html


Airport worker: HAZMAT team was looking for radiation

Mysterious emissions caused the Lihu‘e Airport to shut down for a few hours Thursday evening and sent several Transportation Security Administration staff to Wilcox Memorial Hospital emergency room.

“Some sort of fumes affected 11 TSA personnel,” said Friday Dan Meisenzahl, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation, adding that the cause of the incident is yet to be determined.

But at least one person who was working at the airport Thursday suspects the culprit was a radiation leak in one of the TSA screening booths.

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On Thursday, Meisenzahl stated in a press release that the TSA workers at the main checkpoint experienced dizziness, nausea, headache, throwing up and a chemical taste in their mouths.

“The HAZMAT team of the Kaua‘i County Fire Department performed an extensive investigation and could not locate the cause,” he said Friday.

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[Renew Deal]

1. Sounds like the beginning of an episode of 24.

:nuke:

[opihimoimoi]

2. Wow.... ?

[madokie]

3. Maybe this will be the beginning of the end of those machines

right now bin laden won the battle and the war as we are tied down pretty tight by shit like these machines.

[flamingdem]

4. If the leak was bad enough to make people sick it was leaking A LOT! nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Would a radiation leak cause those symptoms that fast????