Chennai: Work to repair the false ceiling that collapsed at the new domestic terminal of the Chennai airport has begun.
On August 11, in the second such incident in four months since the new terminal was commissioned, 23 panels behind the IndiGo, Go Air and Air India check-in counters caved in.
According to officials of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the incident occurred due to a heavy condensation process – the panels, made of gypsum board and located near the air-conditioning diffusers, had absorbed a lot of moisture and their screws had come loose. “We have begun replacing the gypsum board panels in other vulnerable areas of the terminal as well, so that this problem does not recur. The work is being done at night from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. when there are fewer flight operations. It is a time-consuming process and may take more than a month or two,” said an AAI official.
19/08/13 The Hindu
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On August 11, in the second such incident in four months since the new terminal was commissioned, 23 panels behind the IndiGo, Go Air and Air India check-in counters caved in.
According to officials of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the incident occurred due to a heavy condensation process – the panels, made of gypsum board and located near the air-conditioning diffusers, had absorbed a lot of moisture and their screws had come loose. “We have begun replacing the gypsum board panels in other vulnerable areas of the terminal as well, so that this problem does not recur. The work is being done at night from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. when there are fewer flight operations. It is a time-consuming process and may take more than a month or two,” said an AAI official.
19/08/13 The Hindu
