Gatwick Airport has issued a statement following the death of a disabled easyJet passenger after ‘falling down an escalator’.
Gatwick say the incident took place on Wednesday June 16 and added that staff were helping to disembark three disabled passengers at the time, including the man’s partner.
But it is said he decided to leave the easyJet plane and chose not to wait for staff to return and fell while walking up an escalator, an airport spokesman said.
Now, in a statement shared by a Gatwick spokesperson, they said the passenger took a short walk to the runway escalator at Skybridge, which takes passengers to the North Terminal.
The passenger took an easyJet flight. (PENNSYLVANIA)
They added that easyJet cabin crew were closest to the man and provided medical attention before airport medical staff arrived.
Following the airport’s statement, the airline said: “A number of our cabin crew members provided medical assistance to a passenger at Gatwick Airport pending the arrival of paramedics.
“However, the passenger unfortunately died later.”
Gatwick Airport has confirmed that an official investigation is underway.
They shared that when the plane arrived, a member of staff was deployed by Wilson James, a company that provides assistance to passengers with reduced mobility.
The staff member “was in the process of disembarking the three PRMs [passengers with restricted mobility] passengers at the time of the incident”
The airport also wanted to confirm that “lack of staff was not a factor in this incident”.
“It is normal for a member of staff to disembark three passengers who need assistance, taking them one by one the short distance to the waiting buggy,” they added.
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Source: www.times-series.co.uk
This notice was published: 2022-06-17 09:11:48
