Bomb squad investigates suspicious package at El Al cargo facility

Officials say the response was a routine procedure

Officials investigated a suspicious package at the El Al Cargo facility near LAX. (Wikipedia Commons)

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.