“I’ll sue” – woman who lost part of her leg in Don Mueang walkway incident

[snoop1130]

 

A woman who had to have part of her leg amputated on-site after she fell on a moving walkway at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport, is taking legal action. The Bangkok Post reports that the woman’s son says his mother has instructed her lawyer to file a complaint with the police.

 

The 57 year old woman, whose identity has not yet been made public, was due to take a flight to Nakhon Si Thammarat on Thursday, June 29, when she tripped and fell at the end of a moving walkway in the domestic terminal.

 

The reason the woman fell has not yet been confirmed, but the force of the fall was such that it dislodged the safety cover and her leg became jammed in the walkway’s internal mechanism.

 

By Peter Roche

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[richard_smith237]

And so she should - I hope she is financially very well taken care of for the rest of her life and then some. 

 

She was not using the walkway (travelator) in any manner for which it was not intended. 

 

 

Even if falling there should not have been sufficient failure for such a gap to develop and swallow her leg. 

 

I'm still wondering how or why CCTV is not already in the public domain. 

Usually, in Thailand whenever there is a video of such an incident it spreads like wildfire. 

 

The Airport have been extremely efficient at ensuring such imagery is 'locked down' - sensible of them of course (from a legal point of view), but that also makes me wonder what are they trying to hide if they are suggesting (as was reported in a previous thread) that this was the womans fault (or fault of the suitcase wheels). 

 

 

 

[chalawaan]

Her legal and health challenges aside, this is a perfect example of the benefits of travel insurance

 

I know we rarely buy it for domestic trips, myself, never! 

 

But it exists, and a trip is a trip, frontier or not. 

 

The older I get the more travel paranoid I am. 

[The Fugitive]

100% she must sue for everything she can get. A terrible incident that ever so clearly shouldn't have happened. How much she must regret deciding to fly for this journey?

[Harsh Jones]

1 hour ago, chalawaan said:

Her legal and health challenges aside, this is a perfect example of the benefits of travel insurance

 

I know we rarely buy it for domestic trips, myself, never! 

 

But it exists, and a trip is a trip, frontier or not. 

 

The older I get the more travel paranoid I am. 

She can still sue the airport without having insurance. But I guess she could get another payout for being injured if she had insurance

 

I'd rather be caught without insurance than feel good about having insurance, only to find the insurance company has a way of weaseling out of covering me anyway.

 

She is 57. At that age maybe a good payout is worth part of your leg

[2baht]

Go hard lady, throw the book at them! 

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The reason the woman fell has not yet been confirmed, but the force of the fall was such that it dislodged the safety cover and her leg became jammed in the walkway’s internal mechanism.

The airport will no doubt fight her tooth and nail for years to come, and if found guilty will never part with a single baht.

[swm59nj]

Ii expected that.  And not in a negative way 

[IAMHERE]

9 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The reason the woman fell has not yet been confirmed, but the force of the fall was such that it dislodged the safety cover and her leg became jammed in the walkway’s internal mechanism

How do they know that? Thought the incident was still being investigated. This is more opinion than fact.

[ezzra]

Its going to happen, this is just big talk, they will settle sooner or later and every one involve know it.

[phil2407]

From the original story she didn't trip & fall the walkway gave way - hope she gets millions in $ not baht 

[rwill]

And according to a previous article, the airport is not releasing the video. So you know something went wrong and they are trying to hide(perhaps edit) it.

 

[newnative]

10 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

And so she should - I hope she is financially very well taken care of for the rest of her life and then some. 

 

She was not using the walkway (travelator) in any manner for which it was not intended. 

 

 

Even if falling there should not have been sufficient failure for such a gap to develop and swallow her leg. 

 

I'm still wondering how or why CCTV is not already in the public domain. 

Usually, in Thailand whenever there is a video of such an incident it spreads like wildfire. 

 

The Airport have been extremely efficient at ensuring such imagery is 'locked down' - sensible of them of course (from a legal point of view), but that also makes me wonder what are they trying to hide if they are suggesting (as was reported in a previous thread) that this was the womans fault (or fault of the suitcase wheels). 

 

 

 

Totally agree.  She definitely should sue and she should receive a big settlement, which she certainly deserves for what she has gone through.  Falling down, which is a normal occurrence, should not have triggered the walkway collapse.  I'm of the opinion that if the CCTV footage exonerated the AOT, we would have seen it by now.   I wouldn't be surprised if we hear in a few days that the footage has somehow been lost or accidently erased.  

[jaideedave]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

The airport will no doubt fight her tooth and nail for years to come, and if found guilty will never part with a single baht.

This incident will be dragged out in court and she'll be 99 years old before settlement. They'll somehow try to shift the blame to her therefore slowing down the so called legal system.

[actonion]

Knowing the law  in Thailand,  they'll buy her the cheapest wheel chair they can find...... end of..

[sammieuk1]

Sometimes a bowl of fruit and a Wai wont cut it good luck ????

[Smokey and the Bandit]

54 minutes ago, phil2407 said:

From the original story she didn't trip & fall the walkway gave way - hope she gets millions in $ not baht 

I agree with you but this is Thailand not the USA?

[Smokey and the Bandit]

From the article:

"There has been little evidence of any accountability from airport bosses to date, who have instead pointed the finger at both the maintenance company and the manufacturer of the walkway (despite the fact that it was installed 27 years ago)."

 

Typical way of doing thing in Thailand, no one will take accountability, its always blame someone else?

[Bangkok Barry]

1 hour ago, phil2407 said:

From the original story she didn't trip & fall the walkway gave way - hope she gets millions in $ not baht 

In the original report that I read she did trip, over her suitcase. And that suitcase is why she will probably lose any legal challenge as it was too big to be carry-on and should have been checked in. If it had been.... Harsh I know, but it's a loophole the airport can exploit.

[Bangkok Barry]

36 minutes ago, jaideedave said:

This incident will be dragged out in court and she'll be 99 years old before settlement. They'll somehow try to shift the blame to her therefore slowing down the so called legal system.

See my post just above.

[mikeymike100]

34 minutes ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

From the article:

"There has been little evidence of any accountability from airport bosses to date, who have instead pointed the finger at both the maintenance company and the manufacturer of the walkway (despite the fact that it was installed 27 years ago)."

 

Typical way of doing thing in Thailand, no one will take accountability, its always blame someone else?

The CCTV footage of the accident has seemingly not yet been obtained which is very unusual?

There must be several cameras that took video of this and from different angles possible.

What is going on? I smell a rat!

[brianthainess]

12 hours ago, chalawaan said:

Her legal and health challenges aside, this is a perfect example of the benefits of travel insurance

After reading about so many insurance companies not paying out, they will find away to blame her, the airport should have insurance to cover her. Payouts if any will depend on her percentage of disability, and any loss of income.  

[renaissanc]

If she sues the AOT we'll start to see the AOT deny responsibility and the insurance company looking for ways to weasel out of having to pay anything. The court case will be dragged out for years until the woman runs out of money and gives up.

[Mr Meeseeks]

2 hours ago, actonion said:

Knowing the law  in Thailand,  they'll buy her the cheapest wheel chair they can find...... end of..

Fascino sell wheelchairs for about 4,500thb. They have branches everywhere. ????

[Mr Meeseeks]

2 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

In the original report that I read she did trip, over her suitcase. And that suitcase is why she will probably lose any legal challenge as it was too big to be carry-on and should have been checked in. If it had been.... Harsh I know, but it's a loophole the airport can exploit.

In which case, the airport is still at fault for letting her carry on that size of suitcase against their own procedures and regulations. 

[Rimmer]

A not funny troll post and replies has been removed

[bignok]

20 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

In which case, the airport is still at fault for letting her carry on that size of suitcase against their own procedures and regulations. 

Airports don't monitor this. Airlines do.

[Mr Meeseeks]

16 minutes ago, bignok said:

Airports don't monitor this. Airlines do.

Monitoring oversized baggage is one of the roles and responsibilities of airport security at the security checkpoints.

[bignok]

Just now, Mr Meeseeks said:

Monitoring oversized baggage is one of the roles and responsibilities of airport security at the security checkpoints.

Post a link to support your claim

[Mr Meeseeks]

1 minute ago, bignok said:

Post a link to support your claim

No need. It's obvious that is one of their responsibilities.