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KAMPALA. — An air hostess reportedly sustained serious injuries after falling from an Emirates aircraft at the Entebbe International Airport in Kampala, Uganda. According to BBC, the woman was rushed to hospital from the airport after falling from the doorway on Wednesday.
“The Boeing 777 had landed shortly before, and was preparing to welcome passengers on board before departing for Dubai,” the report said.
A Daily Nation report said that the exact cause of the incident was not immediately clear, although some witnesses cited possible suicide.
“She had been seen holding what looked like a glass bottle under her chin before she made the fall. Other witnesses said they had seen her in a verbal exchange with colleagues as they boarded the plane,” the report said.
“Her knees were shattered and body cut with broken glass from a bottle she jumped with,” a witness at the airport was quoted as saying.
A Ugandan civil aviation authority Press statement said the woman was still alive and investigations into the incident were under way. — News Agencies.
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