Monday, May 12, 2014

Strong winds at Delhi airport damage cockpit of aircraft

Owing to strong winds — travelling at 90 kmph — at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, an aircraft of an international airlines parked at Terminal 3 was displaced from its original position on Saturday.
While airport officials had claimed otherwise initially, sources later said the cockpit of the aircraft was damaged in the storm. The aircraft, however, was empty and no one was injured, officials said.
Airport sources told Newsline that an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft — ET APK — parked at remote bay no. 4 got displaced due to strong winds and hit a step ladder lying nearby. The incident was reported around 7 pm, a source said.
12/05/14 Indian Express
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