Monday, 4 April, 2011
Concerns rise over radioactive containers
Questions are being raised after two cargo containers that arrived last week at Zurich airport from Tokyo were found to be radioactive. Swiss International Air Lines said the radiation level was not a health risk. However, since Japan’s nuclear crisis at the Fukushima plant last month, contamination has become a bigger concern. WRS’s Lucas Chambers files this report:
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A Swiss International Air Lines plane at Zurich’s airport (Keystone/Steffen Schmidt)
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