June 29, 2023 2:07pm EDT
Thailand woman has leg amputated at Bangkok airport after it became trapped under moving walkway
A medical team at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport amputated a woman's leg that had become trapped beneath a moving walkway
By Danielle Wallace | Fox News
Thailand's officials said a woman had to have her leg amputated at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport after the limb became trapped under a moving walkway, according to reports.
The 57-year-old Thai woman, who was due to board a morning flight to the southern Nakhon Si Thammarat province, became caught by the walkway in the Bangkok airport’s Terminal 2.
A medical team there eventually had to cut her left leg off above the knee, according to the airport's officials.
"On behalf of the Don Mueang International Airport, I’d like to express my deepest condolences regarding the accident," Don Mueang Airport Director Karun Thanakuljeerapat said during a news conference, according to The Associated Press. "I’d like to insist that we will ensure that no such accident will happen again."
A female passenger lost her leg after getting caught in a moving walkway at the Bangkok Airport in Thailand. (Viral Press)
He said the airport will be fully responsible for the woman's medical costs and will be open for negotiation on other compensation. The medical team at the hospital where she was initially sent informed Thanakuljeerapat that they could not reattach her leg, but the woman requested to be transferred to another hospital to assess the possibility, he said.
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