An employee who recently underwent a “nuclear-related” medical procedure set off alarms Friday afternoon at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, briefly interrupting service while authorities tried to track down the source of the sensor reading.
The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority employee had recently undergone a medical procedure that involved some sort of radioactive element, causing detection equipment to produce a “strong reading” about 12:50 p.m., airport Police Chief Ed Skvarna said.
Authorities would not elaborate on the type of medical procedure, citing employee confidentiality regulations.
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— Christopher Cadelago, Glendale News Press