Turkish Airlines denies radioactive leak on Turkish plane in India
Indian policemen stand guard at the entrance to the cargo terminal of Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 29, 2015 (Reuters Photo)


Turkish Airlines announced on Friday that no leak was detected in one of its planes at a New Delhi airport as the media reported. A radioactive material leak was detected Friday at New Delhi's international airport on a shipment of nuclear medicine from Turkey before being plugged by emergency teams, Indian officials said.The incident happened near the cargo area of Turkish Airlines where four cartons containing nuclear medical material were found to be damaged, an official in the National Disaster Response Force told Agence France-Presse."The situation is under control, our teams are at the spot. There is no need to panic," the official added on condition of anonymity."Atomic energy experts are on their way to assess and analyze the situation. The consignment has been isolated."India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh confirmed the incident at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, adding that the "leakage has been plugged."The NDTV network reported that two cargo workers who were exposed to the leak had been taken to the hospital for precautionary checks.Turkish Airlines said in a written statement that Turkish officials examined the cargo after the plane landed at an Istanbul airport and no traces of radioactive leak was found. The material was meant to be delivered to a private hospital in the Indian capital.In 2010, a scrapyard worker in Delhi died from radiation poisoning and seven others were poisoned, raising concerns over the handling of radioactive material in India.Environmental group Toxic Links estimates that India produces 5 million tons of hazardous industrial waste every year and imports 5,000 tons of scrap metal every day.