A guest service officer of AirAsia airlines died in a freak accident at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad on Sunday morning.
Amrita Roy, 24, died of neurogenic shock after her elbow got crushed in the retracting aerobridge. Forensic doctors said that the front portion of her chest was also compressed due to which she had serious respiratory trouble.
“After loading the aircraft the aerobridge walls were retracted back by the operator. Her right hand got stuck and she had seen her elbow crushed and bone exposed. Due to this she went into a state of shock and died at the hospital,” said the Madhapur deputy commissioner of police, Mr Vijay Kumar.
The police have booked a case of negligence against aerobridge operator Mr Swamy under section 304 A IPC based on the complaint lodged by the AirAsia manager, Mr Suraj.
Amrita was staying with her mother, Ms Sudhakshana Roy, in Attapur and her body was flown to Kolkata after the post-mortem. She was a second year student at New Alipore College in Kolkata and had joined AirAsia on June 15 this year. After initial training at the Kolkata Airport, she had joined as a guest services officer at the RGI airport. When the news of his only daughter’s death arrived, Amrita’s father, Mr Kamal Roy, broke down. “I believe that there was negligence on the part of the airport,” he said.
The Shamshabad inspector of police, Mr R. Sanjay Kumar, said, “After the passengers finished boarding the Hyderabad-Kuala Lumpur flight around 9.50 am, Amrita stood on the aerobridge and started taking down the flight and aerobridge timings. The operator started retracting the aerobridge and when its walls began compressing, her right hand got struck in it and her elbow got crushed. Hearing her screams, the operator stopped the aerobridge, but by then she had collapsed out of shock. Airport management rushed her to the Apollo Medical Centre at the airport for emergency attention where she succumbed at 10:40 am.”