A part of the roof panelling of the Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) near the departures lounge fell on Friday morning. Narrowly missing passengers en route to their designated gates.
In response to the incident, GMR Hyderabad International Airport issued a statement, stating, “We acknowledge that the incident occurred within our terminal. It was identified during routine cleaning and maintenance that a panel joint had become loose. We are currently inspecting all the panels and taking measures to prevent any recurrence of such incidents in the future.”
As travellers who had completed security checks were making their way to their respective boarding gates, the panel fell. Among the passengers was Shashi Dharan, who had a close call with the fallen panel. Recounting the incident, he shared, “I had finished my security check and was heading towards the lounge near gate number 20. As I was engaged in a call, my pace was slow; otherwise, both I and a few other passengers might have been involved in an accident,” he said while speaking to The Hindu.
