Dockyard worker killed when ship launching airbag burst

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MIRI: A Bangladeshi man working at a dockyard in Kuala Baram here was killed when an inflatable ship launching airbag burst about 10am yesterday.

The deceased’s friends and colleagues helping bring Rasidul who was injured to Miri Hospital.

Md Safiul Alum

A fellow Bangladeshi was also injured in the incident.

It is learnt that the deceased identified as Shamim Hossen, 27, and his injured friend known as Rasidul Islam, 45 were squatting near the airbag when it burst.

One of their friends, Md Safiul Alum, 28, when met at Miri Hospital here yesterday said they had just finished inflating the inflatable ship launching airbag.

“I walked away from it while the two of them remained. Less than a minute later I heard it burst and saw Rasidul pushed to the ground,’ he said.

The other one suffered minor injuries.

They alerted their supervisor who rushed the casualties to hospital.