A ground handler was seriously injured in an incident that took place around 10 days ago at the Dabolim airport in Goa, India, which involved the collision of a catering vehicle and a ground handling vehicle.
The incident took place shortly after the landing of the Bangalore-Goa flight of the airline Air India, which was supposed to take off later towards Dubai. The passengers travelling to Dubai from Goa experienced a 2-hour delay.
According to airport sources, a catering vehicle and a ground handling vehicle, which were both moving toward the aircraft, suffered a minor collision, which resulted in a member of ground handling staff being injured and immediately rushed to the local hospital in a critical state.
The aircraft was not directly involved in the incident and no damage was caused to it.
It is being claimed, but yet unverified, that the incident took place due to the "failure of hydraulic movement" of the catering vehicle that was approaching the aircraft.
