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Hazmat scare at Stewart Air National Guard in Newburgh

Hazmat teams were called to the Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh Wednesday because of a chemical scare. Officials say a mechanical crew discovered an unknown powdery substance inside a C-5

News 12 Staff

May 29, 2014, 7:03 PM

Updated 4,079 days ago

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Hazmat teams were called to the Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh Wednesday because of a chemical scare.
Officials say a mechanical crew discovered an unknown powdery substance inside a C-5 passenger and cargo plane that had just returned from a mission to Germany. The chemical covered about 30 square feet of the aircraft and was found in the cargo area. The material was determined to be a motor vehicle decontamination chemical and was quickly contained with no contamination and no injuries, according to a base spokesman.
Although flights at the base were affected by the investigation, there were no problems or delays for flights coming into and out of nearby Stewart International Airport.