Baby put through X-ray machine at LAX

1-month-old checked, cleared by hospital after grandmother's mistake

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updated 12:35 p.m. ET Dec. 20, 2006

LOS ANGELES - 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 say 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.
A spokesman for LAX says the incident Saturday was an innocent mistake.

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