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Budapest Airport Terminal 2B closed by the National Disaster Management
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Index.hu reports that the National Directorate General for Disaster Management closed terminal 2B while the authorities were inspecting the scene.
Index contacted the airport’s spokesperson Mihály Hardy, finding out that the terminal was closed on the orders of the National Directorate General for Disaster Management. The staff and the passengers faced serious delays in the schedule, and according to the airport’s online schedule, 9 passenger crafts were expected to land and 8 to take off after 10 pm on Wednesday.
At 10:30 pm the airport posted an update on Facebook on the situation, stating that the quarantine was lifted and the terminal was operating again.
According to Index, based on Zoom.hu, a leakage caused the problem:
one of the cargo crafts of the Turkish Airlines was transporting an emissive substance legally for the National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene when they noticed that one of the lead containers cracked.
The airport staff noticed that the cargo was overheated while loading off the craft. Three people got into contact with the Iridium-192.
Airportal.hu wrote that, according to virtual radar data, the Professional Airport Fire Department has taken over area 31 around 7:46 pm. The site further informs that the radioactive substance which arrived from Russia through Istanbul was ordered legally by a Hungarian citizen.