Canopy collapses at Gujarat’s Rajkot airport, third such incident in three days
A day earlier, one person was killed as a part of the roof of terminal one at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport collapsed.
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A canopy collapsed at the passenger pickup and drop area outside the Rajkot airport in Gujarat on Saturday amid heavy rainfall, PTI reported. This is the third such incident in the country in the past three days.
No injuries were reported at Rajkot, according to ANI. The canopy caved in during maintenance work to drain the water that had accumulated on it, the news agency reported, quoting unidentified officials from the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
#WATCH | Gujarat: The Canopy collapsed at Rajkot airport.
As per the Ministry of Civil Aviation Sources, the Canopy broke during the maintenance work to push out water accumulated in the Canopy. No one was injured in the incident. A detailed report into the matter has been… pic.twitter.com/fWOMqdldtL— ANI (@ANI) June 29, 2024
A day earlier, one person was killed and several others were injured after a part of the roof of terminal one at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport collapsed amid heavy rains.
The collapsed portion of the canopy fell on vehicles outside the terminal building. One person was rescued from a car on which an iron beam had fallen.
“Due to heavy rain since early this morning, a portion of the canopy at the old departure forecourt of Delhi airport’s Terminal 1 collapsed around 5 am,” said Delhi International Airport Limited, which manages...
