Bomb squad investigates suspicious package at El Al cargo facility
Officials say the response was a routine procedure
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Your support makes all the difference.Los Angeles authorities have given the all clear at the El Al cargo facility after reports of a suspicious package.
Employees were evacuated from the facility on Wednesday morning before an LAX Police Department bomb squad arrived at 6:30am local time to investigate the package.
LAX Police Sergeant Gilbert told KTLA5 that an X-ray unit detected chemicals passing through the machine that was later determined non-hazardous.
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