Qantas employee in hospital after falling 5 metres from aerobridge at Sydney Airport
A Qantas employee has been taken to hospital after falling around 5 metres from an aerobridge at Sydney Airport earlier on Saturday.
Emergency services were called to the T3 Domestic Terminal at around 12:30pm after receiving reports of the incident.
The airport customer service team member, who is believed to be a woman in her 40s, was initially attended to by first-hand responders.
A woman is currently in hospital after falling from an aerobridge at Sydney Airport. (Wikimedia Commons: User:Bidge/CC BY-SA 3.0)
According to a NSW Ambulance spokesperson, multiple crews, including a specialist medical team, were deployed to the scene.
However, the employee, who suffered head injuries from the fall, was later transferred by ambulance to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
In a statement, the Sydney Airport spokesperson said SafeWork NSW had been contacted.
“Our focus is on the welfare of the injured staff member and assisting Safe Work NSW [sic] with their enquiries,” they said.
SafeWork NSW has commenced its investigations into the incident, a spokesperson confirmed.
A Qantas spokesperson said in a statement that the company’s focus at this time is supporting the injured employee, and that it would be working with Sydney Airport and SafeWork NSW with their investigation.
