Female tourist loses leg after getting stuck in a moving walkway at Bangkok airport
Female tourist loses leg after getting stuck in moving walkway at Bangkok airport: Passengers startled as escalator rips through victim’s limb, forcing medics to amputate knee to free her
- Woman tripped and got stuck in machine at Don Mueang International Airport
- Doctors are reportedly rushing to save the rest of her mutilated limb
A female passenger may lose her leg after getting stuck in a moving walkway at a Bangkok airport.
The unnamed tourist was traveling on a domestic flight from Don Mueang International Airport to Nakhon Si Thammarat province at around 8:30 am.
In a shocking accident, she tripped over her pink suitcase and got stuck on the conveyor belt, ripping through muscles, sinews and bones.
Startled passers-by tried to turn off the emergency switch as the machine continued to rip through her flesh.
Medics eventually took her to Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital in the capital for emergency treatment.
The unnamed tourist may lose her entire leg after the limb is swallowed by the escalator
Startled passengers at Don Mueang International Airport rushed to shut down the machine that ripped through her flesh
Local media reported that the woman had “lost her leg” and doctors would fight to save the rest of the limb to avoid amputation.
The airport authorities have ordered a probe to determine the cause of the accident.
Meanwhile, the escalator’s automatic walkway has been closed while a technical team conducts an inspection and safety checks.
In a statement, Don Mueang Airport said: “The Director of Don Mueang Airport and management have visited the patient to follow up on the treatment and have received information from the medical team at Bhumibol Hospital that she is currently being treated by the medical team.
“Don Mueang Airport is deeply saddened by the incident and willing to fully accept responsibility and provide medical expenses and compensation.”
No flights were delayed due to the accident, the airport said.
Don Mueang International Airport (DMK) serving Bangkok opened in 1914, but was replaced in 2014 by the new Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK) on the outskirts of the city.
The passenger was rushed to Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital in the capital for emergency treatment
The woman reportedly tripped over her pink suitcase (pictured with damage) before falling on the escalator
The photo shows the escalator that mutilated the woman’s leg
The terrifying incident comes just days after an airport worker was killed after being sucked into a motorcycle on the tarmac of San Antonio International Airport.
Emergency services arrived at the scene of the nightmare incident around 10:25 p.m. on Friday evening.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has confirmed that airline ground crew have died after boarding the engine of a Delta Airlines plane. The agency described the worker as being “sucked in” to the engine.
The plane had just arrived from Los Angeles and was taxiing to a gate at the time of the accident.
Delta Flight 1111 had only one engine running when the employee, who has yet to be identified, was sucked in and killed.