Chinese flight attendant falls out of stationary plane at Zhengzhou airport, suffers broken bones
Plunge from aircraft while on tarmac is second incident of its kind in China in less than a month
The incident happened at Zhengzhou airport in Henan province as the Xiamen Air Boeing 737 was being restocked, Beijing Youth Daily reported on Saturday.
The woman, who was not identified, was apparently preparing food when she lost her footing and fell through the open cabin door.
The accident was captured on surveillance cameras and the footage was uploaded to the Chinese microblogging service Weibo. The film shows a food trolley sliding out of the door, followed by the unfortunate attendant.
The airline said in a statement on Weibo that the woman fell out of the rear door of the aircraft as it was making a short stop in Zhengzhou. Flight MF8253 was en route from Fuzhou, capital of southeastern China’s Fujian province, to Lanzhou, capital of northwestern Gansu province.