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[aj1980]

Thailand's officials said a woman had to have her leg amputated at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport after the limb became trapped under a moving walkway, according to reports. 

The 57-year-old Thai woman, who was due to board a morning flight  became caught by the walkway in the Bangkok airport’s Terminal 2. 

A medical team there eventually had to cut her left leg off above the knee, according to the airport's officials.

[RetRN]

Oh how horrible. She must have been in excruciating pain when that happened.

[granddi]

Long time ago I read about a horrible leg injury as a man was boarding a plane.

There is a "flap" that connects the jet bridge to the air craft. It apparently collapsed causing a man's leg to be badly injured.

 I always step over this connector. 

[phoenixbrd]

I'll bet the PI attoneys are salivating.  What a crushing event for this 57 year old woman.

[OKPrincess]

This is tragic! I hope she's going to be ok.

[RetRN]

Change in body image is one the most difficult things for patients to deal with. I hope she has a good support system and I wish her well.

[ValuSkr]

A similar thing can happen with escalators.  You have to be very careful that a piece of your clothing doesn't get caught in the mechanism and drag you in with it.  I've known people who've lost shoes this way.

[Kachina624]

Just imagine the unsanitary conditions for major surgery.  What could be more filthy than a busy, public sidewalk?

Surely they anesthized the poor woman.

[Goldengate8361]

Another reason to hate airports and flying....you could actually lose a leg.

[San Antonio Gal]

@aj1980  - How the heck did her leg get trapped?