Lifeless Body of Newborn Found in AirAsia Flight Toilet, Cops Look for Mother
New Delhi, July 25: Body of a newborn baby was discovered on an AirAsia flight travelling from Imphal to Delhi via Guwahati on Wednesday.
The lifeless body of the infant was found in the lavatory of the aircraft. According to sources, the baby appeared to have been delivered on board with toilet paper stuffed in its mouth.
AirAsia later issued a statement to confirm the shocking incident. It said that the Delhi Police was informed and a doctor from the medical team at Delhi International Airport confirmed that the baby had been delivered onboard the flight.
The Delhi airport security and police are currently investigating the matter, reported ANI.
The flight from Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport landed in Indira Gandhi International Airport Delhi at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, when the airport security came across the body.
According to police, the mother appears to be an underage girl from Imphal. However, the woman who delivered the baby is yet to identified.
AirAsia said in its statement, “The matter was reported to the DGCA and the airline’s staff are attending to other guests and cooperating with the Delhi Police.”
“We will be assisting in the investigation and cooperating with all concerned agencies.
AirAsia India would like to apologise to all guests experiencing disruptions in their flight schedule.”
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
