The halls of the Miami International Airport weren’t flowing with red, white and blue on the Fourth of July — but instead a bright lime green.
A pipe leak in the airport’s Concourse G caused the florescent fluid to flow down from the ceiling at 9 a.m. E.T. Thursday morning, the airport said. Crews were immediately responsive to the scene and determined that the liquid was not hazardous.
We would like to thank our passengers in Concourse G for their patience & understanding this morning. At approximately 9 am, we received reports of a broken pipe in Concourse G. Crews were immediately dispatched to investigate and it was determined that the liquid from the leak… pic.twitter.com/kN7TE9DJ0Z
— Miami Int’l Airport (@iflymia) July 4, 2024
The spillage was cleaned up within an hour and a half, the airport said in a post on X.
“We would like to thank our passengers in Concourse G for their patience & understanding this morning,” the post said.
Greg Chin, communications director for the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, said in a follow-up statement that the mysterious solution was actually just water.
“The liquid was water from the AC system with a green dye in it so if there is ever a leak it can traced to its source,” Chin said.
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