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White powder alarm at Melbourne airport

Melbourne, Australia - The substance was found in an Australia Post facility

Australian Federal Police and firefighters intervened at 6:00 pm local time (10:00 am in Italy) after “White powder” was found at the Australia Post mail-handling facility at Melbourne Airport. The mail-handling facility was not in the same area as major airport terminals, but closer to its Business Park, about 220 hectares of land zoned for industrial and business use, including warehousing and...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1162953
Rome, Italy, 10/02/2014 16:56
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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