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39 fall ill in gas leak at Malaysia airport facility

By AFP
July 05, 2024
Travellers push their trolley past a logo of Malaysia Airports at the departure hall of Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur on Aug 26, 2013. — Reuters
Travellers push their trolley past a logo of Malaysia Airports at the departure hall of Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, outside Kuala Lumpur on Aug 26, 2013. — Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR: A gas leak on Thursday at an engineering section of Kuala Lumpur´s international airport saw 39 people fall ill, a Malaysian emergency services official said.

“A total of 39 victims suffered from dizziness and nausea,” local rescue officer Muhammad Nur Khairi Samsumin said in a statement.

He added that 24 victims were discharged, 14 others were at the Air Disaster Unit receiving care and one was hospitalised. All of those affected work for three companies operating at the facility. The incident did not disrupt air travel at the country´s top airport.