Seven people, including US servicemen, had to be rushed to hospital after a suspicious package containing white powder was delivered to a air base on USA
This is the Joint Base Andrews air base, which houses, among other things, the presidential aircraft Air Force One and is located near Washington, USA.
As he confirmed in a press release sent to American media, the opening of a “suspicious” package led to the evacuation “for precautionary reasons” of parts of the base.
“The immediate response teams deployed at the Andrews base determined that there was no immediate threat,” according to the same source, who clarified that the investigation is ongoing.
The package contained a white powder, but it does not appear to be any hazardous substance.
Among the 7 people who were taken to the hospital of the base, some of them suffered from headache, but all were discharged very soon, as media reported today.
The base, which is located a few kilometers from the US capital, is often used for the flights of high-ranking government officials.
President Donald Trump arrived last Wednesday there, on Air Force One, returning from an economic forum in Florida (southeast).