Heathrow bag handler in hospital after scarf trapped in conveyor belt
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A baggage handler at Heathrow airport has been rushed to hospital after she bought her scarf caught within the conveyor belt and was helplessly pulled alongside the machine.
The girl, an skilled crew chief for airport companies firm Menzies, was unloading baggage from a Loganair flight arriving within the capital from Dundee, with workers contained in the Loganair flight unaware of the incident unfolding beneath.
MailOnline understands that the airplane was at a distant stand and passengers had already been bussed off when the handler bought her scarf snagged within the equipment and was dragged alongside uncontrollably, leaving her in a important situation.
The sufferer was then handled by paramedics and rushed to hospital.
Menzies gives dealing with and gas companies for airways together with Loganair, Thai Airways and Etihad Airways.
A baggage handler has bought her scarf caught on a conveyor belt in Heathrow which triggered her to be dragged alongside uncontrollably (Stock Photo)
Stunned passengers watched on because the Menzies worker was handled by paramedics earlier than being rushed to hospital (Stock Photo)
A supply advised The Sun: ‘It was the stuff of nightmares.
‘No one was available to assist out.
‘It’s a miracle she wasn’t killed.’
A London Ambulance Service spokesperson mentioned:
‘We had been known as at 5.49pm on Wednesday February 14 to experiences of an incident at Terminal 2 Heathrow Airport, Hounslow.
‘We despatched sources to the scene, together with an ambulance crew, a complicated paramedic and members of our hazardous space response crew (HART).
‘Our first medics arrived on scene in 4 minutes.
‘We handled a affected person on the scene and took them to a serious trauma centre as a precedence.’
MailOnline understands that the airplane was at a distant stand and passengers had already been bussed off the Heathrow runway when the handler bought her scarf snagged in equipment and was dragged alongside uncontrollably, leaving her in a important situation (Stock Photo)
The Health and Safety government mentioned it was serving to police with an investigation into the incident.
According to monitoring websites, the Loganair flight landed at Heathrow Terminal 2 on Wednesday at 5.26pm.
MailOnline has contacted Heathrow Airport for remark.
