Dubai A 26-year-old electrical engineer was critically injured along with four others when an installation they were testing at the Concourse 3 terminal at the Dubai airport on Monday threw up sparks.
The engineer, Abdul Subhan Fajrullah, was testing the installation at a sub-station when the incident occurred, a family member claimed, adding, "He is critical. He has suffered severe burn injuries and is battling for life in the ICU at Rashid Hospital."
A source at Rashid Hospital confirmed that three of the injured were in the ICU while a fourth worker had been shifted to a ward. The fifth person has already been discharged.
The Dubai Aviation City Corporation's Engineering Projects said in a statement. "The injuries are not life-threatening." It said, "DACC's Engineering Projects is investigating the cause of an accident that happened on Monday morning during the testing of electrical equipment that injured five workers. All measures will be taken to ensure the same doesn't happen again
"To date, the C3 site has had 13.9 million working manhours without accidents," the statement added.
M. Ilias, a relative of Fajrullah, said he is the sole breadwinner of his family and his parents in Tamil Nadu of India are in a state of shock.
