Chennai: Unlike the false ceiling, the glass panels at Chennai airport don’t need cats, pigeons or even a storm to rattle them up.
Just the way some staff cleans them, or sometimes, even without the apparent involvement of an external agency, the panels have cracked, nineteen times, so far. Passengers have escaped without injuries every single time.
Now, in a fresh attempt at addressing the problem, officials of Airports Authority of India (AAI) have decided to laminate the glass panels.
“Sometimes, when the glass panels are cleaned, some staff members step over the horizontal and vertical framework; it creates stress on the glass panels and weakens them. We are looking at a different method to clean them. Also, we will soon begin to laminate the glass panels in areas open to the public. Even if the panels crack, the pieces will stay intact and not fall,” an AAI official in New Delhi said.
07/06/14 The Hindu
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Just the way some staff cleans them, or sometimes, even without the apparent involvement of an external agency, the panels have cracked, nineteen times, so far. Passengers have escaped without injuries every single time.
Now, in a fresh attempt at addressing the problem, officials of Airports Authority of India (AAI) have decided to laminate the glass panels.
“Sometimes, when the glass panels are cleaned, some staff members step over the horizontal and vertical framework; it creates stress on the glass panels and weakens them. We are looking at a different method to clean them. Also, we will soon begin to laminate the glass panels in areas open to the public. Even if the panels crack, the pieces will stay intact and not fall,” an AAI official in New Delhi said.
07/06/14 The Hindu
