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Security alert at Southampton airport

8:12am Friday 22nd May 2009 in Southampton

SOUTHAMPTON airport was put on security alert this morning after staff discovered what appeared to be a chemical container in the toilets.

The Chemical Investigation Unit was called and the container was taken outside the building where a cordon was placed around it.

But the investigation was called off after the container was found to contain cooking oil.

No disruption was caused to passengers or flights.

Comments(7)

Charlie George's Lawnmower says...
8:31am Fri 22 May 09

Might have been accurate to say "minor security alert" in the headline. But hey ho, I'm an idealist when it comes to accuracy of reporting by the media.

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Georgem says...
8:46am Fri 22 May 09

What did they think it was? Some magic liquid that turns itself into a bomb, in a bottle that can walk undetected on board a plane?

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mikeyt says...
8:52am Fri 22 May 09

The giveaway was the label on the bottle that said harpic toilet cleaner.

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chapelsaint says...
8:53am Fri 22 May 09

Cooking oil--is this another fare reducing scheme whereby passengers do their own on-board catering?

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Will Carson says...
9:00am Fri 22 May 09

mikeyt wrote:
The giveaway was the label on the bottle that said harpic toilet cleaner.
Why would you keep cooking oil in a toilet cleaner bottle?

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Georgem says...
9:26am Fri 22 May 09

Will Carson wrote:
mikeyt wrote:
The giveaway was the label on the bottle that said harpic toilet cleaner.
Why would you keep cooking oil in a toilet cleaner bottle?
In case your kids drink it thinking it was lemonade

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shilo says...
11:09am Fri 22 May 09

Well it gave security something to do. I found a bag of left duty free in the toilets there, the copper I gave it to wasn't interested.

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