Talcum Powder Triggers Flight Scare

Pilot declares emergency before landing at Raleigh
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Apr 21, 2011 2:11 AM CDT
Talcum Powder Triggers Flight Scare
The 131 passengers on the American Airlines flight from Chicago were kept on board while it was being checked.   (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

A pilot declared an emergency ahead of landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport yesterday because an "unidentifiable substance" was found on board, reports WRAL. The plane was directed to an isolated area upon landing and a hazmat crew was sent in to examine the substance, which turned out to be talcum powder. (More emergency landing stories.)

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