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Delhi airport roof collapse: The incident happened at around 5 am at departure area of Terminal 1 at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Friday.

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Delhi airport roof collapse: Delhiites woke up to a rain devastated city on Friday with a canopy at Delhi airport's busy Terminal 1 collapsing, killing one person, and injuring six others. The incident happened around 5 am at the departure area of Terminal 1 (T1) at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) amid heavy rains in the national capital. (AP)

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Delhi airport roof collapse: Flight operations have been suspended at Delhi airport's Terminal 1, which is used for domestic flights, till further notice following a roof collapse. (Bloomberg)

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Delhi airport roof collapse: Union Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu visited the Delhi airport and inspected the site. The civil aviation ministry said heavy rain has resulted in the collapse of the canopy of Delhi airport T1. "As a result of which flights to & from Terminal 1 have been closed till further notice. Alternate arrangements are being made for the smooth operation of the flights," the ministry said in a post on X. (PTI)

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Delhi airport roof collapse: Besides the roof sheet, the support beams collapsed, damaging the cars parked in the pick-up and drop area of the terminal. A search operation was conducted to make sure no one was trapped inside the damaged vehicles, officials said. The injured were taken to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram.  (PTI)

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Delhi airport roof collapse: An investigation has been ordered into the roof collapse at Delhi airport's Terminal 1 on Friday early morning that left one dead and six injured, with Naidu announcing that a thorough inspection of the structure at the airport will be carried out. Earlier in a post on X, the minister said he was personally monitoring the situation and the injured people have been shifted to hospital. (AP)

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Delhi airport roof collapse: Naidu, who visited the airport, said the situation is under control and Terminal 1 (T1) has been closed down and arrangements are being made to shift operations of flights to T2 and T3. The minister said a compensation of ₹20 lakh will be given to the family of the deceased and ₹3 lakh to the injured people. (PTI)

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Delhi airport roof collapse: Passengers were seen waiting outside the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. As a result of this incident, the spokesperson said all departures from Terminal 1 are temporarily suspended, and check-in counters are closed as a safety measure. (AP)

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Delhi airport roof collapse: According to airport operator DIAL (Delhi International Airport Ltd), arrivals of flights at T1 continued till 1030 hours. The operations at the terminal have been suspended. It will resume after a thorough inspection. IndiGo flights that were to arrive at and depart from T1 are being shifted to T2 and T3 while the flights of SpiceJet are being shifted to T2, DIAL said (Bloomberg)

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Delhi airport roof collapse: T1 has only domestic flight operations by IndiGo and SpiceJet. The airport -- which has three terminals T1, T2 and T3 -- handles around 1,400 flight movements daily. An IndiGo spokesperson said flight operations were impacted due to structural damage to Terminal 1. The airline also said the unplanned situation has led to operations across the network being impacted. (AP)