All I found was a pair of slippers… Tourist who fell into 8m sinkhole never found (video)

[쿠알라룸푸르=AP/뉴시스] On the 23rd (local time), a rescue team is conducting a rescue operation after receiving a report that a woman fell into a sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

An Indian tourist was sucked into a sinkhole in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. Searchers searched the ground for nearly ten days but were unable to find the missing person.

According to CNN, AP, etc. on the 1st (local time), on the 23rd of last month, an Indian woman (48) who was passing through the Danwangi district in downtown Kuala Lumpur with her group suddenly disappeared underground.

The accident occurred on a pavement block where people walk. CCTV footage shows that when the woman stepped on the pavement block, it gave way, creating a sinkhole. The sinkhole was about 8 meters deep.

Another man next to him was also almost sucked in, but he managed to pull himself up by holding onto the ground next to the hole.

The victim visited Malaysia on vacation with her husband and friend two months ago. She was scheduled to return home on the 24th, a day after the accident.

Malaysian rescue authorities have launched a search for the missing. Around 110 searchers, including police, fire department, and civil defense forces, have been deployed.

[서울=뉴시스] ?The Malaysian government has decided to suspend the search for an Indian tourist who went missing after a landslide in the capital Kuala Lumpur. (Photo = X Galmuri)

The team dug up the area with excavators and used sniffer dogs, remote cameras and ground-penetrating radar to search the ground, but they were unable to find the woman.

All I found was a pair of women’s slippers.

Authorities eventually decided to halt operations nine days after the accident. They said the search operation would shift to recovery, which they expected would take about six months.

“We decided to halt the operation for a number of reasons, including the safety and health of rescue workers,” said Zaria Mustapha, a minister in Malaysia’s Prime Minister’s Office.

The incident also took a direct hit to Kuala Lumpur’s tourism industry. Singapore’s public broadcaster CNA reported that “the area where the landslide occurred is popular with tourists, but the number of visitors has dropped significantly due to this incident,” and that “sales at nearby stores have dropped by up to 90%.”

Additional potential hazards were also raised, with road subsidence discovered 50 meters away from the accident site.

Reporter Park Tae-geun, Donga.com [email protected]

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2024-09-05 01:06:28