LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — An airline passenger became an ambulance passenger Thursday after getting stuck in baggage claim equipment at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD).
Emily McGee, spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, said the incident happened around 9 a.m. in the international arrivals baggage area.
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McGee said the passenger, who was an adult, made an “unauthorized entry” into IAD’s baggage delivery system. The adult passenger got caught in the equipment.
Emergency crews from the airport and some of their partners from other agencies freed the passenger who workers took to the hospital…