Construction worker dies buried in Viracopos airport construction.
In addition to the death, another worker suffered minor injuries in an accident that occurred around 9:45 am this Friday at the Viracopos airport expansion works in Campinas; there was a landslide and one of the victims, whose identity has not been released, was taken to the Dr. Mário Gatti municipal hospital, where he died after receiving initial treatment; the works were suspended.
Marli Moreira
Reporter from Agência Brasil
São Paulo – One person died and another suffered minor injuries in an accident that occurred today (22) around 9:45 am, at the expansion works at Viracopos airport, in Campinas, in the interior of São Paulo.
There was a landslide and one of the victims, a man whose identity has not yet been released, was rescued by the Fire Department and taken to the Dr. Mário Gatti municipal hospital, where he died shortly after receiving initial treatment.
According to the hospital's press office, firefighters reported that they had to resuscitate the worker four times during the rescue due to cardiorespiratory arrest.
The concessionaire Aeroportos Brasil Viracopos, which took over the administration of the terminal on November 14th of last year, informed that it will make a public statement, through an official note, in the early afternoon.
According to the concessionaire, 8 workers were working in two shifts on the construction of the new passenger terminal, which is scheduled to open in May of next year.
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Police have halted construction work at the airport expansion. Police and the company that manages the airport have begun investigating the causes of the accident, "which will be released as soon as it is completed."
"Aeroportos Brasil Viracopos and the Viracopos Construction Consortium reiterate that the construction work on the new terminal is following safety standards and regulations," the administrator said in a statement.
At around 9:45 am, a landslide struck two workers. The most seriously injured worker was taken to Dr. Mário Gatti Municipal Hospital in Campinas, but did not survive.
Firefighters reported that they had to resuscitate the worker four times during the rescue due to cardiorespiratory arrest. The second worker was taken to the clinic and is under observation.
The concessionaire Aeroportos Brasil Viracopos began managing the airport on November 14th of last year. According to the concessionaire, 1,8 workers are working in two shifts on the construction of the new passenger terminal, with its inauguration scheduled for May of next year.
Edited by: Beto Coura