Indian airports to be checked for structural safety after fatal Delhi terminal roof collapse

India’s civil aviation minister indicates that the government is set to check airports throughout the country after the fatal collapse of a terminal roof at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi international airport – the second airport structural incident in the space of two days. Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu says the 28 June accident involved a section of Delhi’s Terminal 1 roof canopy and resulted from “heavy rain” overnight. At least one fatality has been confirmed, and several people suffered injuries. “Right now the situation is under control. The whole rest of the terminal is closed off,” says Kinjarapu. “This is taken as a very serious incident, not just in this airport, but across the country any airport that [have] similar structures, we’ll have to go through them all again.” While Terminal 1 has recently undergone a modernisation, Kinjarapu says the section affected by the collapse – which occurred around 05:00 – is the older departures forecourt which was built in 2009. Delhi airport’s operator says all Terminal 1 flights have been shifted to Terminal 2 and 3.<br/>