Beetroot 'bomb scare' at Melbourne Airport

A leaking tin of beetroot has shut down part of Melbourne Airport as hazmat teams rushed in to investigate.

There are a few red faces at Melbourne Airport after a leaking beetroot tin was mistaken for a bomb.

The shipment of beetroot arrived at Melbourne Airport on Friday morning with suspicious looking electrodes attached and reddish purple fluid leaking out.

The airport called in a Hazmat team to investigate but it turns out the electrodes are used to monitor the temperature of the beetroot - not part of a bomb.

The delivery was scanned and no threat was identified, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade said.


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