Baby sent through X-ray machine at Los Angeles airport

By Associated Press

Summary

A one-month-old baby has been checked and cleared by a Los Angeles hospital after being put through an airport X-ray machine.

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Story Published: Dec 20, 2006 at 8:54 AM PST

Story Updated: Dec 20, 2006 at 9:32 AM PST

Baby sent through X-ray machine at Los Angeles airport
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A one-month-old baby has been checked and cleared by a Los Angeles hospital after being put through an airport X-ray machine.

Authorities at Los Angeles International Airport said an inexperienced traveler mistakenly put her grandson through a carry-on luggage screener.

A startled security worker noticed the shape of a child and immediately pulled the baby out.

An airport spokesman said the incident Saturday was an innocent mistake.

In 1988, an infant in a car seat went through an X-ray machine at the airport.