6 people endure life-threatening injuries after "equipment breakdown" involving a jetway bridge

According to officials, six people were hospitalized for life-threatening injuries after breaking a jet bridge at a Baltimore airport.

A little before 8 pm On Saturday, Southwest Flight 822 arrived at Baltimore-Washington International Airport Thurgood Marshall (BWI) from the Dominican Republic. Paramedics took the plane to "assess the medical situation on board a passenger," a southwestern spokesman said.

"While the medical staff was assisting this passenger on the outside of the aircraft, the airport-owned cargo gangway was experienced a failure," said the spokesman.

"The jet-bridge serving the airline's door has failed," said a BWI spokesman in a statement. "Six people were injured in a fall."

Injured people were transported to local hospitals, according to BWI . BWI fire chief Victor Ferreira stated on Twitter that "the personnel involved were taken to hospitals in the area for minor injuries as a precautionary measure".

A southwestern spokesman said.

"According to the BWI inquiry, the failure of the reaction bridge is" under investigation. "

No other operation at the airport was affected, said the BWI.