Government orders inspection of structural strength of all airports

The civil aviation ministry on Friday ordered a radical inspection of the structural power of all airports within the nation, following the roof collapse incident on the Delhi airport that left one useless and at the least six individuals injured.

Following the incident that occurred at round 5 am on Friday at Terminal 1, the operations on the terminal have been suspended and the flights which can be to function from there have been shifted to T2 and T3.

Sources within the know stated that greater than 100 flights that had been to be operated from T1 have been cancelled by IndiGo and SpiceJet.

At a assessment assembly convened by Civil Aviation Minister Okay Rammohan Naidu, it was additionally determined {that a} 24×7 conflict room might be arrange for environment friendly administration of passengers at T2 and T3.

“The conflict room will guarantee the total refund of cancelled flights or present various journey route tickets,” an official assertion stated.

Additional, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has been directed to difficulty a round to all minor and main airports to conduct a radical inspection of structural power.

These inspections have to be accomplished throughout the subsequent 2-5 days and the stories are to be submitted to the ministry.

“Based mostly on the findings, the necessity for elevated security measures and the event of long run insurance policies to stop the recurrence of such unlucky incidents might be formulated at precedence,” the assertion stated.

Structural engineers from IIT Delhi have been requested to right away assess the incident on the Delhi airport.

T1 has solely home flight operations by IndiGo and SpiceJet. The airport — which has three terminals T1, T2 and T3 — handles round 1,400 flight actions each day.

Moreover, an “advisory has been launched to all airways to make sure that this example doesn’t result in a steep enhance in airfare. Airways to take care of fare stability to keep away from passenger inconvenience”.

Naidu held the assessment assembly with senior officers of the ministry, Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Bureau of Civil Aviation Safety (BCAS).