Civil Aviation Minister To Probe Delhi Airport Roof Collapse Incident

New Delhi: An investigation has been ordered into the roof collapse at Delhi airport’s Terminal 1 on Friday early morning that left one dead and six others injured, with Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu announcing that a thorough inspection of the structure at the airport will be carried out, according to a PTI report.

Naidu, who visited the airport, said the situation is under control and Terminal 1 (T1) has been closed down and arrangements are being made to shift operations of flights to T2 and T3. The minister said a compensation of Rs 20 lakh will be given to the family of the deceased and Rs 3 lakh to the injured people.

The incident happened at around 5 am at the departure area of Terminal 1 (T1) at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) amid heavy rains in the national capital. The civil aviation ministry on Friday said heavy rain has resulted in the collapse of the canopy of Delhi Airport T1.

Sources in the know said flight departures have been suspended till 2 pm.

T1 has only domestic flight operations by IndiGo and SpiceJet. The airport — which has three terminals T1, T2 and T3 — handles around 1,400 flight movements daily. The technical reasons and other aspects of the incident will be known after the investigation, the minister told reporters. According to him, the structure that collapsed on Friday morning was opened in 2009 and airport operator DIAL has been to do an inspection of the structure. “DGCA will supervise the inspection and they will give a report”.