Bangkok--Sep 29--eTurbo news
Eight workers are dead and at least 45 injured when a massive steel structure collapsed at Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 on Monday.
A section of the reinforcement cage fell during the preparation of a wall at around 10:45am, Dubai's Department of Civil Aviation (DAC) confirmed.
With workers trapped by the fallen cage, emergency personnel responded immediately and rushed to the site of the accident, said Lavina Dixit Chatterjee, spokesperson for the Department of Civil Aviation.
"Twelve workers were rescued and sent to Rashid and Baraha hospitals with injuries while five succumbed in the incident," Chatterjee said.
The aviation department is claiming 17 casualties, while eyewitnesses, police and hospital sources said that the number of the dead and injured could be much higher.
"It is a tragic situation for all of us at the Department of Civil Aviation. I extend my heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased workers. We will conduct a full investigation into the accident," HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of the Department of Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Group, said.
"We have an extremely strict and most professionally controlled Quality Assurance and Quality Control systems in place here. We have three independent safety bodies - one controlled by the contractor, one by the consultant and one by the DCA."
"We would like to reinforce the fact that safety of all our people working at Dubai International Airport is top most priority," Al Maktoum added.
This was the first occurrence of a major accident at Dubai International Airport during a construction.
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