Six flights were delayed in Almaty because of a mercury spill, the airport`s press service said in a statement Monday.
"Six flights were delayed, three domestic and three international. At the moment, all services of Almaty International Airport are operational," the statement said.
According to the airport`s press service, during the security check for the Air Astana flight to Tbilisi, a container with a liquid resembling mercury was found, which the owner, when asked to hand it over, threw into a garbage bin, causing the spill.
The passengers were initially evacuated at around 9:40 a.m. local time (03:40 GMT), then allowed to come back in about 50 minutes.
Six flights delayed in Kazakhstan over Mercury spill at airport
03 October 2016
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A man threw a container with mercury into an airport garbage bin, causing the spill.
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