A female passenger was seriously injured when one of her legs became trapped in an escalator at Don Mueang airport this morning (Thursday).

 

According to the airport administration, the accident took place at about 8.40am on the south escalator, linking Pier 4 and Pear 5 of the domestic terminal, as the victim was on her way to board a plane bound for Nakhon Si Thammarat province.

 

After the accident, the victim was rushed to Bhumibol Hospital and the escalator was temporarily closed for examination by mechanics.

 

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Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/passenger-sustains-serious-injury-on-escalator-at-don-mueang-airport/

 

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In other news reports (from UK and Singapore) it says that she actually "lost lower part of her left leg"... that's horrible.

Edited June 29, 20233 yr by sallecc
Edit: typo

How can a person get leg trapped in an escalator. The gaps are too small. Unless a malfunction on the stairs.

1 minute ago, KannikaP said:

How can a person get leg trapped in an escalator. The gaps are too small. Unless a malfunction on the stairs.

From another source "An informed source, however, said that the escalator collapsed as the victim was standing on it and one of her legs sustained deep lacerations."

You have to do a risk assessment sat on your sofa here every object appears to want to end you ????  

19 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

You have to do a risk assessment sat on your sofa here every object appears to want to end you ????  

The problem is there are no risk assessments performed, or if they are done, are not done properly or done by people that are not competent. 

 

Health and safety is not a concern here. Seen as a hindrance to profit by greedy bosses.

Woman loses her leg after getting caught in an airport travelator: Passengers' horror as moving walkway at Bangkok airport mangles victim's limb forcing medics to amputate it in order to free her.

 

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16 minutes ago, Social Media said:

Woman loses her leg after getting caught in an airport travelator: Passengers' horror as moving walkway at Bangkok airport mangles victim's limb forcing medics to amputate it in order to free her.

 

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From the photos, it looks to me like the case wheels got jammed in between the moving section of the travellator and the guard, and she's followed it in with her foot.

 

Very nasty indeed.  

1 hour ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

The problem is there are no risk assessments performed, or if they are done, are not done properly or done by people that are not competent. 

 

Health and safety is not a concern here. Seen as a hindrance to profit by greedy bosses.

Agree totally at my local bigc the floor plates at the bottom level of both travelators have been trashed by the "trains "of shopping carts being returned by staff from the carpark and the loaded carts coming down to the carpark. 

I never step on the centre of these always near the edges where there is support.

2 hours ago, KannikaP said:

How can a person get leg trapped in an escalator. The gaps are too small. Unless a malfunction on the stairs.

Absolutely a malfunction and likely negligence.

I could not quite get it from the Thairath article but they compare to some "China" case where a person was even killed. Falling into some collapsing "floor plate".

Terrible!

How many million Dollars in compensation would that be in the US? And here?

Edited June 29, 20233 yr by KhunBENQ

My wife says she’s only gonna use the stairs in the future!

27 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

How many million Dollars in compensation would that be in the US? And here?

Well, the family of the student that was in that recent fire extinguisher incident received less than $7k USD for his death so I think the loss of a leg would get you around $1k USD.

 

....sad.....sad.....sad

During 1955/56 I was installing escalators in Melbourne Australia in preparation for the Olympic games.

These were cast iron monsters couldn't break them with a sledge hammer.

No accidents reported for very many years,then the toddlers sneakers came on the market,they featured nonslip soles.

At that time escalators had linished stainless steel skirting but when kids approached the bottom with shoe against skirting and steps levelling the shoe and foot got caught with mostly bad results.

First came yellow marked danger zones on every step,followed by Teflon coated skirting and micro switches behind the skirting and under the floor plates, Then a new step design was introduced where the 3 treads nearest the skirting were increased in height this made standing on them uncomfortable these moves had made them very safe.

But now the accountants are in control of safety everything is light weight and  "maintenance free"

Freak escalator accident sees 57-year-old female passenger’s leg severed at Don Mueang Airport 
by Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connor

 

On Thursday afternoon, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha expressed deep concern and ordered an urgent report on a shocking incident at Don Mueang Airport. It occurred at 8.27 am and saw the left leg of a 57-year-old Terminal Two passenger travelling to Nakhon Si Thammarat province engorged by a faulty walkway escalator, causing it to be severed at the knee and prompting an emergency response at Thailand’s second busiest airport.

Thailand’s second busiest airport was the kingdom’s main airport until 2006. Thursday’s freak accident followed another freak event with an escalator in 2019 when a visitor to the airport lost a rubber shoe to a malfunctioning moving stair. Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha has ordered an urgent report into exactly what happened and expressed his deep concern.

The Thai PM and top officials on Thursday reacted quickly after a nightmarish incident unfolded at the country’s second busiest airport when a 57-year-old woman had her leg cut off below the knee by a walkway escalator at 8.27 am in the morning as she made her way towards a domestic flight heading for Nakhon Si Thammarat province.

 

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan ocha has asked for an immediate report on a shocking incident on Thursday morning at Don Mueang International Airport in which a 57-year-old female passenger lost her left leg from the knee down while using a moving walkway at Terminal 2 in the airport.

 

Full story: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2023/06/29/escalator-severs-womans-leg-at-don-mueang-airport-pm-prayut-orders-report/

 

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Passenger’s Leg Severed By Moving Walkway At Don Mueang Airport
by TNR Staff

 

The moving walkway at Don Mueang Airport where the accident occurred this morning, June 29, 2024. Photo: Thai Rath

 

A FEMALE passenger’s left leg was ripped off to the knee by a moving walkway at Don Mueang International Airport early this morning (June 29) and she was quickly taken to Bhumibol Hospital for treatment, Thai Rath newspaper said.

 

Mr. Karan Thanakuljeeraphat, director of Don Mueang Airport, said at 8.30 a.m. that the unidentified female passenger was travelling to Nakhon Si Thammarat and was proceeding through the Southern Corridor between piers 4-5 in Terminal 2 when hit by the accident.

 

Surveillance camera clips show that a bag had hit the woman on the travelator causing her to fall which then led to her left leg being ripped off to the knee.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/06/29/passengers-leg-severed-by-moving-walkway-at-don-mueang-airport/

 

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Not The First Time – Airport Moving Walkway Devoured Passenger’s Sandal In 2019
by TNR Staff

 

The sandal shredded by Don Mueang Airport’s moving walkway in 2019. Photo: Sanook.com

 

AFTER a woman’s left leg was severed till the knee by a moving walkway at Don Mueang Airport early this morning (June 29) it has led to netizens criticising airport safety with one of them mentioning that a similar incident occurred four years ago but fortunately he pulled his foot out of the jammed croc sandal he was wearing which was then devoured by the machine, Sanook.com said.

 

The unnamed passenger said that on July 30, 2019 upon landing and Don Mueang Airport from Osaka, Japan, at around 3.50 a.m. he was going through a moving walkway and just as he was about to step off it his croc got stuck and was so badly jammed he could not lift his foot.

He decided to pull his foot out of the stuck sandal which was then immediately sucked into the machine.

 

“Well, I was really shocked. When I came back to my senses I saw that the teeth at the end of the walkway was damaged and that is why my shoe got sucked into the machine.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/06/29/not-the-first-time-airport-moving-walkway-devoured-passengers-sandal-in-2019/

 

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TRAGIC ACCIDENT RESULTS IN AMPUTATION AT DON MUEANG AIRPORT
By Editor

 

 

A passenger had her left leg amputated after getting stuck in a moving walkway at Don Mueang International Airport early this morning.

She was rushed to Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital for treatment after the emergency amputation of her left leg was performed by a medical team at the airport.

 

Footage from security cameras at the airport’s domestic terminal shows the passenger collapsing at 8.30am after being hit by a suitcase while on the walkway between departure gates four and five.

 

Her leg got stuck on the edge of the conveyor belt after she collapsed.

 

Graphic images published in Thai-language media, and on Facebook, show a young woman in agonizing pain struggling to free her leg from a conveyor belt.

 

The young woman was about to board a flight to travelling to Nakorn Sri Thammarat.

 

Airport officials say they are investigating the incident and will issue a report on the cause of the accident after they finish their investigation.

 

Karun Thanakuljeerapat, the airport’s director, said that the walkway had been shut while engineers investigate the cause of the accident.

 

The accident will not lead to delays in flights arriving or departing the airport, he said.

 

Airport management expressed condolences to the victim and said they would pay her medical bills as well as compensate her for the loss of her left leg, a post on the airport’s Facebook page said.

 

Full story: https://royalcoastreview.com/2023/06/tragic-accident-results-in-amputation-at-don-mueang-airport/

 

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Getting her foot lacerated would have been a serious injury! She lost her leg on a moving walkway because simple basic maintenance /repair was not completed at a major international airport.

 

Shocking shameful negligence by airport.???? 

The penalty and damages awarded should be set so high that the airport goes out of its way to make sure this never happens again.

 

Fining them is no good as it's a state enterprise so I would suggest a few hundred million Baht in compensation may have the desired effect.

Ive a strong stomach but that Mail photo is too graphic for me.

 

Are we surprised? Cost cutting on maintenance is endemic in Thailand. 

I wouldn't be surprised if the maintenance budget allocated somehow just "disappeared".  

 

Adds a whole new meaning when you hear; "Mind The Walkway"

This will cost the Thais a lot. Let's make sure they will not get away with this.

Note: -  'Investigated by Engineers'.

No mention of anything regarding Health and Safety.....

Which doesn't appear to exist in Thailand.

 

I feel so sorry for this woman. An accident that should never have happened.

And at an airport as well!

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

The penalty and damages awarded should be set so high that the airport goes out of its way to make sure this never happens again.

 

Fining them is no good as it's a state enterprise so I would suggest a few hundred million Baht in compensation may have the desired effect.

Agree,

You can set a higher amount through compensatory damages than a set fine amount.

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

After the accident, the victim was rushed to Bhumibol Hospital and the escalator was temporarily closed for examination by mechanics.

After the accident.... too damned late.

From the link:
An informed source, however, said that the escalator collapsed as the victim was standing on it and one of her legs sustained deep lacerations. 

10 hours ago, riclag said:

My wife says she’s only gonna use the stairs in the future!

That won't last long...

News articles can't seem to agree if this happened on an escalator or

a moving walkway. Are there any journalists left?

Edited June 29, 20233 yr by Robbkk

10 hours ago, dingdongrb said:

Well, the family of the student that was in that recent fire extinguisher incident received less than $7k USD for his death so I think the loss of a leg would get you around $1k USD.

 

....sad.....sad.....sad

A family's financial compensation for the loss of a loved one is a lot lot less than the compensation to an individual surviving a major accident. In the case that you mention, if the student had survived but, for example, blinded the compensation would have been $100m plus. This, particular case, in America, would entail $20m + compensation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 hours ago, webfact said:

when a 57-year-old woman had her leg cut off below the knee

 

Something wrong with this photo ...

Would you sit there like this , when your leg has just been cut off ?

Below the knee ?

Where is the blood ?

Is she 57 yrs old ?

 

Anyway , if that really happened , sue the <deleted> out of them ...

Edited June 29, 20233 yr by nobodysfriend

From chat gpt and

picture circulating labelled "secret" in red:

Accidents involving moving walkways are relatively rare. The frequency of accidents can vary depending on various factors such as the design, maintenance, usage patterns, and adherence to safety protocols. The majority of accidents on moving walkways are minor, such as slips, trips, or bumps, and often occur due to user error or negligence, such as not paying attention, running, or engaging in unsafe behavior. Serious accidents are rare but can occur in exceptional circumstances or due to mechanical failures. Overall, when used properly and with caution, moving walkways are a safe mode of transportation.