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29th
JAN

Airport terror alert substance ‘not harmful’

Posted by Brian | Filed under air

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A suspect white powder which sparked an airport terror alert at Manchester Airport has been identified as dried cow’s blood.

The substance had caused the evacuation of the airport’s Terminal Three building after being discovered in the luggage of a BMI passenger at the airline’s check-in desk on last Saturday. Passengers faced a delay of six hours while tests were carried out.

However, the substance was identified as Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) which is used in lab tests and medical research. BSA is a harmless protein made from the blood of cows, with the only risk coming where cattle is diseased.

With the UK terror alert level being raised recently, Manchester Airport bosses believe they were right to order an evacuation of the terminal following the discovery, where the passenger – who was flying to London – was found with 19 screw-top canisters containing 20kg of the BSA substance in his bag.

Were they right? Let us know in the comments.