{"id":684189,"date":"2026-05-21T01:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T01:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/684189\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T01:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T01:38:11","slug":"avalon-airport-bomb-squad-called-airport-shuts-down-over-laser-hair-removal-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/684189\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalon Airport: Bomb squad called, airport shuts down over laser hair removal device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;suspicious&#8221; item that brought a Melbourne airport to a standstill and temporarily grounded \ufeffa flight has been found to be a laser hair removal device.<\/p>\n<p>One person was detained during a major police operation involving the bomb squad at Avalon Airport today after the item was identified \ufeffduring the security screening process.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to the premises just before 6am and the domestic terminal was evacuated while police conducted safety checks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/5869e2d7-544b-4d16-a2a0-6032895d9d7d.jpeg\"   alt=\"Avalon Airport bomb scare\"\/>One person was detained during a major police operation involving the bomb squad at Avalon Airport today. (9News)<\/p>\n<p>After Victoria Police&#8217;s bomb response unit arrived and assessed the item, it was determined to be a laser hair removal device and a package of hot chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>No charges have been laid and the detained person is no longer in police custody.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>The incident caused delays at Melbourne&#8217;s second-biggest airport, \ufeffwhich is located around 50 kilometres from the CBD.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/acf423c8-2b38-4dad-8637-ed8f209e14ad.jpeg\"   alt=\"Avalon Airport bomb scare\"\/>After Victoria Police&#8217;s bomb response unit arrived and assessed the item, it was determined to be a laser hair removal device. (9News)<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/b2f525f2-28de-425f-b0ba-aeb27931350d.png\"   alt=\"\"\/>9News was told passengers\ufeff landing this morning from a flight in Bali were escorted off the plane and into a holding area. (9News)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this stage, passengers are being advised that, due to safety precautions, delays are expected to the Brisbane flight this morning,&#8221; police said earlier.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will provide further updates regarding any additional delays as more information becomes available.&#8221;\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The building has been evacuated and area cordoned off as a precaution while the investigation is ongoing.\ufeff&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/a7b4f96a-0f30-418e-ad8c-eefd81b9b4a0.jpeg\"   alt=\"\"\/>The terminal was locked down. (9News)<\/p>\n<p>Images from the scene showed cars backed up \ufeffoutside the airport, while security vehicles blocked entrances.<\/p>\n<p>9News was told passengers\ufeff landing this morning from a flight in Bali were escorted off the plane and into a holding area.<\/p>\n<p>Two bomb squad robots were deployed into the terminal.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The &#8220;suspicious&#8221; item that brought a Melbourne airport to a standstill and temporarily grounded \ufeffa flight has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-684189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}