A part of the roof at a terminal at India’s busiest airport collapsed early Friday amid heavy thunderstorms and rains, inflicting accidents and trapping passengers. The airport suspended all departures from the terminal.
India’s minister of civil aviation mentioned in a social media put up that rescue operations have been in progress at Terminal 1 of the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport in New Delhi and that emergency responders have been on web site. Airport officers mentioned that the collapse occurred round 5 a.m. native time within the departure space of the terminal and that every one departures from the terminal had been suspended. Terminal 1 handles home flights.
A part of the roof collapsed onto the pickup and drop-off space exterior the terminal, crushing a number of automobiles, the Press Belief of India, a information company, reported, citing native fireplace officers. A minimum of six individuals have been injured, based on the report.
Greater than 600 flights out of the airport have been delayed and 17 canceled as of round 8 a.m., based on FlightAware, a flight info monitoring web site.
The terminal was lately renovated and expanded to achieve a capability of 40 million passengers yearly, based on a information launch from the airport.
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