A 46-year-old man from Mali was seriously injured this afternoon in a fall in a hangar at Malta International Airport.

The police said that the man, who lives at Hal Far open centre, fell a height of two metres during the cleaning of the top of an aircraft wing.

He is in intensive care in hospital. The police are investigating.

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.