She got stuck in the escalators at Bangkok International Airport. But to free her from the mechanism they had to amputate her leg.
The victim of the tragic accident is a 57-year-old Thai woman . According to the first reports it would have "happened at 8.27 local time in the domestic passenger terminal," Don Mueang, the director of the international airport, explained in a press conference.
The woman was supposed to board a flight from Bangkok to Nakhon Si Thammarat province when she got stuck at the end of the terminal 2 moving walkway. The medical team that rescued her could do nothing but amputate her left leg , from the knee to the kneecap, and take her to the nearest hospital. The woman's identity has not yet been made public by authorities, but her son - who released a statement on Facebook - called the incident "heartbreaking". The cause of the incident is still unknown , the authorities are investigating the case.
(Unioneonline/vf)
