AN MD80 INFLT HAS FLT ATTENDANT RPT POSSIBLE HAZMAT LEAKING IN OVERHEAD BIN. CREW REQUESTS PAX REMAIN SEATED AT FLT TERMINATION TO IDENT PAX AND MATERIAL.

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DURING FLT; FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED US THAT THERE WAS A CLR YELLOW LIQUID SUBSTANCE LEAKING FROM OVERHEAD BIN 14DEF. IT HAD NO ODOR. WE CALLED TPA OPS WHEN WE WERE IN RANGE TO HAVE MAINT STAND BY. AFTER LNDG; COPLT CALLED TPA OPS TO INFORM THEM ON GND AND THEN HE WAS INFORMED TO KEEP THE PAX AT SEAT 14DEF SEATED AND KEEP THE OVERHEAD BIN CLOSED. WE INFORMED THE FLT ATTENDANT OF THIS WHO MADE THE PA AFTER THE DOOR WAS OPENED UP. THE PAX SVC AGENT WAS UPSET THAT ALL THE PAX WERE STANDING IN COACH ON THE R SIDE OF THE ACFT. HE SAID THAT HE INFORMED US TO KEEP ALL PAX SEATED IN COACH ON THE R SIDE SEATED. WE DID NOT GET THIS INFO PLUS THE CUSTOMER SVC AGENT SAID THAT HE HAD SOMEONE ELSE TALK TO US WHEN WE LANDED. THIS INFO NEEDS TO BE STRESSED IF IT IS THIS IMPORTANT. THE CUSTOMER SVC AGENT THEN TOLD US THAT THE FLT WOULD BE CANCELED IF WE COULD NOT IDENT THE SUBSTANCE WHICH WE COULD NOT. HE CALLED A CHEMIST IN TO IDENT THE SUBSTANCE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE PAX WERE REQUESTED TO REMAIN SEATED ON THE R SIDE OF THE ACFT TO IDENT THE PERSON WHO CARRIED THE LEAKING CAN ON BOARD. THE RPTR SAID WHEN THE DOOR OPENED A NUMBER OF PAX LEFT AND INCLUDED THE PAX WHO COULD IDENT THE MATERIAL. THE RPTR STATED IT WAS NOW NECESSARY TO CALL FOR A CHEMIST TO IDENT THE SUSPECT HAZMAT. THE RPTR SAID THE TRIP WAS CANCELED AND THE CHEMIST RPTED THE MATERIAL WAS AN OIL BASE COSMETIC MAKE-UP MATERIAL NOT FLAMMABLE AND NOT HAZMAT.