Collapse at the new airport in Kuwait and the loss of workers under the rubble.. Video
Today, Wednesday, the Kuwaiti General Fire Force announced that a collapse occurred at a site under construction at the new Kuwait Airport, and rescue teams rushed to the site to conduct search and rescue operations for 3 workers buried under the rubble.
According to the Kuwait News Agency, the accident is a "sandslide accident", without revealing more details about its size or causes.
Kuwaiti media reported that the Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Rana Al-Faris, inspected the new Kuwait airport project to inspect the damage caused by the accident.
While the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information's Twitter account indicated that one of the workers had been found alive, while the other two were being searched for.
The new Kuwait International Airport project (Terminal 2) was designed to be one of the most developed and environmentally friendly airports in the world, and to be a distinctive gateway to Kuwait.
The airport, which is being built by the Turkish company Limak, aims to become one of the first airports in the world to obtain the LEED Gold Certificate for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design in the world.
Sand collapse at a site under construction at the new Kuwait Airport and the search continues for three workers under the rubble, the
official of the electronic media department in the #General_Fire_Force Major/ Reda Al-Salman: Rescue teams were directed to the site and one of the workers was found alive, and the search for the other two is underway pic. twitter.com/hFaGpKuSFK
— MOI - Ministry of Information (@MOInformation) September 8, 2021
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