Day after Delhi airport cover collapse, a part of cover collapses at Rajkot airport

A day after the cover collapsed at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport, wherein one particular person was killed and eight others have been injured, the cover collapsed on the passenger pickup and drop space of Rajkot airport on Saturday.

As per the Ministry of Civil Aviation sources, the cover broke throughout the upkeep work to push out water gathered within the cover.

Nobody was injured within the incident, sources mentioned, including {that a} detailed report into the matter has been sought. The restore work is underway.

In the meantime, the Delhi Worldwide Airport Restricted (DIAL) introduced on Saturday that operations at Terminal 1 will stay suspended until additional discover.

Terminal 1 handles home flights, together with these by IndiGo and SpiceJet. All operations have been briefly shifted to Terminal 2 and Terminal 3.

In the meantime, DIAL introduced {that a} technical committee has been fashioned to analyze the reason for the cover collapse at Terminal 1.

In a press release issued on Friday, the DIAL mentioned the technical committee will give the report as quickly as potential.

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