Passenger injured on escalator at airport checkpoint, Arlington County VA
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, a passenger was injured on the middle escalator at the south checkpoint of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Medics are currently caring for the injured person in the American Express Lounge.
Audio|Heard on: Loudoun VA Public Works Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
It appears that it's the middle escalator going through the south checkpoint.
00:05
Oh, south checkpoint.
00:06
Okay, I'm making my way back up there.
00:08
I was at the north.
00:09
Hey, thank you.
00:11
Ops, one, three, five.
00:12
Was it a fall or something on it?
00:14
A. Affirmative.
00:16
He was a passenger injury.
00:18
So what happened, the lady was going down the escalator and a passenger from the top let go her back, which hit her and struck her.
00:25
Copy that.
00:27
Operation, 135.
00:29
Yellow 135, work on the desk.
00:31
Hey, Lee, when you get to that escalator, go ahead and shut it,
00:35
leave it off, because we're going to have to call the inspector in,
00:38
and we're going to try to get a hold of the central dispatch so we can get their contractor Rob back in here because they just left at 5.
00:46
Over?
00:48
Yeah, copy that. It's off. It's an escalator 137.
00:52
137. All right, thanks, Lee.
00:55
Hey, 137, work orders, thank you a lot.
00:58
Airports, airport operations, hop.
01:00
Roger there.
01:02
No problem.
01:05
Ops, work order desk.
01:07
Did anybody get hurt? Did they require any medical attention?
01:12
Affirmative. So the lady went through, went through the checkpoint, that she's being attended right now at the American Express Lounge by the Medics.
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Location mentioned:
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), 2401 Smith Blvd, Arlington, VA 22202
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