Leg lost in airport tarmac accident

Calcutta: An Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) employee lost his left leg in a mishap on the airport tarmac on Monday.
A pushback vehicle (which propels planes out of the parking bay) crushed 55-year-old Ajit Karmakar’s leg after being hit from behind by a Deccan airline tractor in the apron area around 11.45am. The driver of the tractor was arrested.
Karmakar, a helper in IOC’s aircraft refuelling vehicle, was standing with his colleague Badal Kumar Pal near parking bay number 26 to fill up the fuel tank of a SpiceJet plane.
The tractor, carrying registered luggage, hit the pushback vehicle, which rammed into Karmakar.
He was taken to Charnock Hospital, off VIP Road. The doctors referred him to Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals.
Orthopaedic surgeon Buddhadeb Chatterjee amputated the leg in an hour-long surgery.
22/01/08 The Telegraph

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Categories: Airports Jan 2008, Safety Jan 2008