Tulsa Airport control tower evacuated after solvent fumes escape

TIA: Some flights were delayed before the tower could get back to normal operations

Fox23 

 

 

JUNE 25, 2015

 

TULSA, OK

 

Tulsa International Airport control tower evacuated when solvent fumes escaped.

Fumes from a solvent used by a contractor forces the Tulsa International Airport control tower to be evacuated.

No one was taken to the hospital after the incident on Wednesday.

Air traffic controllers in Kansas took over after the fumes made some employees sick.

We're told some flights were delayed before the tower could get back to normal operations.