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Air hostess falls off passenger plane in India’s Mumbai
NEW DELHI, Oct. 15, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – An air hostess sustained severe
injuries after falling off a passenger plane while closing its doors at
India’s Mumbai airport, aviation sources said Monday.
The incident took place at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International
Airport.
“The air hostess, identified as 53-year-old Harsha Lobo, was closing the
door of a Delhi-bound flight of India’s national carrier Air India when she
suddenly fell down,” the sources said.
“She has been admitted to a hospital with serious injuries,” they added.
A probe has been ordered into the incident, the sources said.
On Friday, another Air India plane hit the boundary wall of an airport in
the southern state of Tamil Nadu while taking off. Fortunately, there were no
casualties in the incident.
BSS/XINHUA/GMR/1242 hrs