FIVE MONTHS OLD BABY KILLED IN FREAK BAGGAGE CAROUSEL ACCIDENT AT A SPANISH AIRPORT 

The boy is believed to have become trapped in a conveyor belt after the family arrived at Alicante-Elche Airport from London Gatwick The five-month-old baby was killed in a freak accident on a baggage collection carousel at a Spanish airport. The boy is believed to have become trapped in a conveyor belt at Alicante-Elche Airport on the Costa Blanca. The tot's American mum had touched down on an easyJet flight from London Gatwick with the baby and another young child when the tragedy occurred. After disembarking the plane around 11pm on Wednesday, they entered the terminal and arrived at the baggage collection area.

She placed the child inside a baby carrier on a stropped heavy baggage collection belt - which was activated by the weight, setting it in motion - and watched on in horror as he was whisked off.  The infant was dragged along the belt and became trapped at the entrance of the bag drop portal, where luggage emerges. The mother's Canadian husband was waiting for the family in the arrivals zone when the incident happened at around 11.30pm. Paramedics rushed to save the baby's life but he was declared dead at the scene by the airport's on-call doctor. A post-mortem examination is expected to take place later today or tomorrow.

 

Sources at the airport, which used to be called El Altet, would only say that the baby "suffered an accident on the belt." The Foreign Office and Spanish police both denied initial reports in local media that the child was British. The family are currently staying at the hotel where they were due to be holidaying in nearby Denia. Red Cross volunteers are believed to be on hand to offer "psychological" help. A Guardia Civil spokesman said: "We are still in the early stages of the investigation and looking at CCTV footage, but it seems that it was an accident. "The mother left the baby on the conveyor belt, which can be activated by detecting weight or by an airport employee. "It seems that the baby carrier's weight activated the belt and the child was trapped in the rollers in the drop zone."

 

Source;Dailymirror.co.uk