A baby has died after he was trapped in the
baggage collection conveyor belt at a Spanish airport following a flight from
Gatwick.
The child’s American mother flew into
Alicante-Elche Airport at 11pm on Wednesday with the five-month-old and other
young child on an easyJet flight from London, sources at the airport said.
She placed the child inside a baby carrier on a
stopped heavy baggage collection belt – which police believe may have been
activated by the weight.
A Guardia Civil spokesman said, “We are still in
the early stages of the investigation and looking at CCTV footage, but it seems
that it was an accident.
“The mother left the baby on the conveyor belt,
which can be activated by detecting weight or by an airport employee.
“It seems that the baby carrier’s weight
activated the belt and the child was trapped in the rollers in the drop
zone.”
Her Canadian husband was waiting for the family
in the arrivals zone when the incident happened at around 11.30pm.
The family were reportedly in Spain for a holiday
in the nearby resort town of Denia on eastern Spain’s Costa Blanca.
Guardia Civil officers on duty at the airport
alerted emergency services, Skynews reports.
Despite attempts to resuscitate the baby, he was
pronounced dead by the airport’s on call doctor at the scene.
A post-mortem examination is expected to take
place on Thursday or Friday.
Source: Skynews
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