NEW DELHI — A portion of the canopy at a departure terminal at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport collapsed early Friday as heavy pre-monsoon rains hit the Indian capital, killing one person and injuring six others, officials said.
All flight departures from Terminal 1 were temporarily suspended while rescuers cleared debris to rescue anyone trapped there, the airport authority said.
The collapse occurred in the domestic departures area of Terminal 1, the main terminal of New Delhi’s main airport.
The fire brigade control room said the injured were taken to a hospital.
“Due to the heavy rain that fell early this morning, a part of the canopy of the old departure concourse” collapsed around five in the morning, indicated a statement from the airport authority.
In addition to the roof sheet, some support beams also collapsed, damaging cars in the terminal’s pick-up and drop-off area, the Press Trust of India news agency said.
Of the six injured, one was rescued from a car on which an iron beam had fallen, PTI said.
Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu said rescuers were working at the scene and advised airlines to help all affected passengers. “Rescue operations are still ongoing,” he said in a post on the X social media platform.
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