AAI employee injured as door glass collapses

A technician at the airport here was today injured when glass section of a door fell on him even as a spate of such incidents have been reported ever since it began operations.
The technician who was checking the alignment of the visitor's entry door at Gate No 3 of the international departure terminal was "slightly injured" due to the accidental falling of the door glass, AAI said in a statement.
He was treated at the Airport Apollo Centre, it said.
"There were no visitors inside the terminal and no operations were affected due to this incident", it added.
Referring to frequent occurrence of such incidents, AAI said, "It has undertaken an exercise in which all the glazed doors and fittings are checked systematically, so as to initiate remedial measures in minimising the chances of glass breakage at the terminal".

The airport has been witnessing a spate of mishaps such as false ceiling falling and glass panels cracking at the domestic and international terminals, built at a cost of over Rs 2,000 crore and inaugurated by Vice-President Hamid Ansari in January 2013. At least 39 such incidents have occurred so far though in most cases there were no casualties.
In October last year, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju visited the airport following complaints received by him regarding deficiencies in development of infrastructure as well as deficiency in maintenance standards.