A woman was fighting for her life after plunging 30ft from the top of an escalator at Stansted Airport.

Police were called to the scene after receiving reports that a woman was becoming agitated in the lounge area.

By the time they arrived, the woman had apparently run up a set of escalators in the arrivals and departures lounge and jumped over the handrail at the top.

She fell 30ft, sustaining life-threatening injuries, and was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow.

Police are now trying to establish who the woman is and why she was at the airport. A police spokesman said: "Officers are satisfied however that there were no suspicious circumstances involved in the incident."

Anyone with any information is asked to call police at Stansted Airport on 01279 680298

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Published Monday, September 19, 2005

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