A canine unit of the National Drug Control Directorate bit an Air Europa flight attendant on the leg while being handled by an anti-narcotics agent in the baggage area of the American International Airport customs lounge. (aila).
Stewardess, identified as Pilar Valladolid Jimenez, was transferred and treated at the dispensary of the Ministry of Public Health at the airport.
According to the report, The 58-year-old had arrived on Air Europa Flight 088, when, together with other colleagues, she entered the customs room and was suddenly attacked by a dog.
The director of public health services at the airport, Rafael Tejada, explained that the woman a tetanus vaccine was given and the wounds caused by the animal were washed away.
He also added that the canine unit had all its vaccinations in place and was sent to quarantine for ten days.
As for the flight attendant, he said he preferred to return to Spain with the same flight that arrived in the country. The accident occurred at the B-2 terminal of Las Américas International Airport on January 1 this year.
He said he sent a report to the Spanish Public Health Epidemiologist to follow up on the woman’s case.
This this is the third time that such an event occurs in the terminal.
DNCD dog units are used in the inspection and detection of narcotics in passengers’ luggage.
According to reports, the units are subjected at airports to a working day of more than 16 hours a day and lack good nutrition from the people who handle them.