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[Article]Traces of radiation found on BA aircraft

  • 30-11-2006 12:01am
    #1
    Ruu_Old
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    Sorry if this has been posted before, mad schtuff.:(
    Traces of a radioactive substance have been found on two British Airways aircraft at Heathrow Airport in London.

    A total of three Boeing 767s have been taken out of service and are being examined as part of the investigation into the death of the former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.

    Two planes at Heathrow Airport in London were withdrawn after tests showed low levels of radiation, while a third aircraft remains on the ground in Moscow. A team of British experts will travel to Russia to carry out tests on that plane.
    In a statement, British Airways said that the initial results of the forensic tests have shown very low traces of a radioactive substance on board two of the three aircraft.

    The airline said it understands that the risk to public health is low.
    Nevertheless, British Airways is contacting all passengers who flew on the affected planes between 25 October and 28 November.
    During those dates the aircraft involved flew between Heathrow Airport and several destinations including Moscow, Barcelona, Dusseldorf, Athens, Larnaca, Vienna and Stockholm.

    In all BA is looking at 221 flights involving around 33,000 passengers.

    List of flights involved


Comments

  • #2
    madhitchhiker
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    what counld possibly happen to the passengers on that flight? makes me feel uneasy now.:mad:


  • #3
    BuffyBot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    Very, very little.

    The only people who would be in serious danger are those who came into contact with the bodily fluids of someone who has been exposed to this radiation. (It's a type that doesn't pass through the air..can't even get out of the body, or through paper apparently, so it's only a danger if ingested into the body somehow)


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