Team News Riveting
New Delhi, June 28
One person was killed while six others were injured after a portion of the roof of the Delhi airport’s Terminal-1 (T1) collapsed amid heavy rain Friday morning.
The civil aviation ministry said that “heavy rain in the early morning today resulted” in the collapse of the canopy of Delhi airport’s T1. All flights from the terminal scheduled till 2 pm today have been cancelled, Union Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said after he inspected the airport.
Five people were injured in the incident that occurred around 5 am. Following the roof collapse at Terminal-1 of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport today, the Centre will conduct a thorough check of all the airports in the country.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, who visited the Terminal-1 site soon after the incident, said, “We will conduct a thorough check on all the airports that come under our purview…we will make the necessary report and see if there is a requirement for an independent body for this.”
After inspecting the spot, the minister said, “We have asked the Delhi International Airport Limited to do a verification and inspection from their side. But we are not leaving it up to them. From the Ministry, we have the DGCA, which underlooks the safety aspect, which will be supervising this inspection and will submit its report.”
“From the ministry side, I can assure you that this is taken as a serious issue, not just in this airport but all across the country, with similar structures,” the minister said.
