Structural preliminary inspection to be done at all airports
In the wake of the roof collapse incident at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal-1, Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said that a structural preliminary inspection would be done at all the airports across the country.
The canopy collapse claimed 1 person’s life and left eight others injured.
While assuring proactive measures, Naidu said that the ministry sought a report from all the airports within 2-5 days, upon which required necessary measures would be taken to prevent such collapse incidents in the future.
The Minister said that a war room has been constituted to ensure refunds or alternate flights for affected passengers in the incident. He also guaranteed a refund within seven days or alternate flights for those whose flights were canceled.
According to ANI, Naidu said, “Since we don’t want such incidents to be repeated, we will ensure getting a structural preliminary inspection done at all airports. We have sought a report from all the airports across the country within 2-5 days, upon which we will see what necessary measures are needed to be taken to prevent such incidents in the future.”
Naidu added, “The incident that happened at the Delhi airport is very tragic and I offer my condolences to the one individual who lost his life. Some people were injured also in the incident, they have been taken to the hospital and their treatment is underway.”
“For now, Terminal 1 is completely closed and evacuated. All the flight movements have been shifted to Terminal 2 and Terminal 3. For those people whose flights have been canceled, they are being given either a refund or an alternate flight. The Civil Aviation Ministry has decided to pass a circular to provide refunds to the people within seven days.”
“To ensure this happens, we have set up war rooms at Terminal 2 and Terminal 3. The Ministry has released a statement regarding this which has all the numbers. We are taking care of it and have placed one of the officers in the war rooms,” he added.
The ministry has also announced a compensation of Rs.20 lakh to the family of the deceased, and Rs.3 lakh each to those who received minor injuries.
Delhi Airport, operated by Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) said that a roof at the old departure forecourt of Terminal 1 partially collapsed around 5 am on Friday. While the cause for the collapse is yet to be ascertained, it is suspected to be due to heavy rainfall and winds.
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