Hit by cleaning machine at airport,woman,child injured

In a freak accident,a woman and her two-year-old child were injured when an motorised cleaning machine hit them as they were waiting to board their flight after security clearance.

Pankti Mehta along with her husband Vishal and two-year-old child were on their way to Hyderabad in a Jetlite flight set to depart at 7.15 pm on Sunday.The family had come to Mumbai by train from Gujarat to catch the flight to Hyderabad.

It was a traumatic time for us. The machine hit me and my child,who was dragged by the machine before hitting a pillar and coming to a stop. Soon after,the person operating the machine disappeared. There was no airport doctor to help us,but a doctor who was waiting for a flight administered first-aid, said Pankti who is now undergoing treatment at the Leelavati Hospital for a leg injury.

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The Mehtas also allege that no paediatric was sent to the spot to attend to the child and that the childcare centre at the airport had no attendant at that time.

Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.

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