New Delhi Airport Roof Collapses, One Person Dies

JAKARTA - One person died, and a number of people were injured as a result of the collapse of the roof of Indira Gandhi Airport, New Delhi, India. The collapse of the airport roof occurred when heavy rains

Due to heavy rains since early this morning, some of the canopy in the front yard of the old Delhi terminal 1 departure collapsed at around 5 a.m., said a statement from Indira Gandhi International Airport quoted by CNN, Friday, June 28.

All departures from Terminal 1 are temporarily suspended.

Delhi Fire Service assistant officer Ravinder Singh said rescue teams arriving at the scene found two pillars of the buffer collapsed on the car.

There were eight people injured and one person killed, Singh told CNN. Separately, India's Civil Aviation Minister, Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu is monitoring this incident.

Singh said the dead were in the car. Evacuation was carried out for 20 minutes.

Weather conditions in New Delhi have been hit by rain this week. This rain provided a break from the hot heat for weeks after the city experienced temperatures as high as 49.9 degrees Celsius.