By Amber Crawford
A 57-year-old Thai woman had to have her leg amputated after getting trapped underneath a moving walkway at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport.
On Thursday morning, around 8:27 a.m. local time, Supannee Kittirattana was traveling to board a flight to the southern city of Nakhon Si Thammarat when she got her leg stuck in the moving walkway at the Bangkok airport’s Terminal 2.
Medics rushed to the scene and transferred her to a local hospital. She was later moved to another hospital for surgery, during which they had to amputate her leg at the knee.
The director of Don Mueang International Airport, Karant Thanakuljeerapat, assured all future travelers that the tragic incident is under investigation.
“We would like to assure all passengers using Don Mueang airport that we will investigate and check and improve our measures so that we provide safe and efficient services,” said Karant…