FLINT -- The following is an update from Flint Assembly Management:
At about 2:30 p.m. a suspicious package was found in the mail room at Flint Assembly. A mail room employee was scanning the package in an xray machine when she became suspicious of the contents. The package was the size of a shoe box.
Viewing the Xray we were not able to identify the contents and, following our security protocol, notified the Flint police department. Flint police inspected the box and called in the Flint bomb squad for further investigation.
The box contained an automotive part. The sender, whose return address was on the box, was contacted and confirmed that the part was being sent to GM. There was nothing malicious intended with the mailing.
The all clear was sounded about 5:30 p.m.
During this time, the admin building along Van Slyke was evacuated and sealed. Manufacturing operations continued, though, we did send first shift home about 30 minutes early. Second shift started, as planned, at 5 p.m.
