Turkish ground handlers undergo radiation tests

Thirty-six employees of a Turkish company that provides ground handling services to British Airways began undergoing precautionary radiation tests, the company said today.

Turkish ground handlers undergo radiation tests
Tue, 05 Dec, 2006 - 08:48

Thirty-six employees of a Turkish company that provides ground handling services to British Airways began undergoing precautionary radiation tests, the company said today.

The tests were related to the poisoning of a former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko who died in London on November 23 after ingesting radioactive isotope polonium-210.

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