Glass panel falls at T-3, close shave for passengers

Airport staffers as well as passengers at Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport had a narrow escape on Tuesday morning when a portion of the glass panel overhead fell on the immigration counters.

A Delhi International Airport Limited spokesperson, however, said that only a small portion of the glass panel had fallen.

“A glass facade near the pre-immigration area at the arrival level of Terminal 3 was being cleaned, and a small portion of the glass panel broke,” he said, adding there were no reports of injury or damage.

According to airport sources, the glass fell over immigration counters 42, 44 and 46 around 9.30 am. Though it could have proved fatal for people in the area, nobody was injured.

The sprawling glass-and-steel Terminal 3, the largest airport terminal in country and the fifth-largest in the world, was inaugurated amid much fanfare by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on July 3 last year.