Smelly carton triggers scare at Kochi airport

There was some chaos and scare at Kerala's Kochi Airport Sunday when cargo loaders detected a loosely packed carton containing chemicals with a foul smell emanating from it.
The men loading cargo on to the Kingfisher IT 2482 flight from here to Chennai detected the carton.
'They found a packet with foul smell. It was improperly packed. There were three bottles and it was a chemical sample being sent to a Pondicherry detergent company,' Cochin International Airport Ltd Airport Director A.C.K. Nair told IANS.
He denied media reports that a fire had broken out in the cargo hold of the aircraft.
He said the flight left at the scheduled time.
25/07/10 IANS/Sify.com

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Categories: Airports Jul 2010, Cargo Jul 2010, Kingfisher Jul 2010, Safety Jul 2010