Kolkata: The airport authority has decided to coat both sides of glass panels with a whopping 10 lakh sq ft of sunfilm. This will not only help reduce the heat on the outer surface, it will also prevent the shattered pieces from falling off.
"We have called for bids for the Rs 8-9 crore sunfilm project and will finalize it at the earliest. We are expediting the process so that the glass panel problem gets resolved for good soon," Kolkata airport director Atul Dixit said.
The urgency follows an injury to an IndiGo ground staff on Monday evening when a 70sqft glass panel shattered and fell on him. One of the shards pierced his skull. When the panic-stricken airline employee tried to flee, he fell hard on the tarmac, leading to further injuries. In the past, too, many persons have narrowly escaped being hit by glass pieces falling off shattered panels. Last year, a CISF jawan had died after he fell through a hole caused by an earlier glass breakage.
"Normally, toughened glass shatters into very small bits that should not cause injury. But seeing glass pieces fall off a terminal that has so much glass does cause panic. We don't want that to happen and have therefore decided on the sunfilm. A test was also carried out to check how the shattered glass behaved. It stayed in place long enough for the glass to be replaced," said Dixit.
12/04/16 Times of India
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"We have called for bids for the Rs 8-9 crore sunfilm project and will finalize it at the earliest. We are expediting the process so that the glass panel problem gets resolved for good soon," Kolkata airport director Atul Dixit said.
The urgency follows an injury to an IndiGo ground staff on Monday evening when a 70sqft glass panel shattered and fell on him. One of the shards pierced his skull. When the panic-stricken airline employee tried to flee, he fell hard on the tarmac, leading to further injuries. In the past, too, many persons have narrowly escaped being hit by glass pieces falling off shattered panels. Last year, a CISF jawan had died after he fell through a hole caused by an earlier glass breakage.
"Normally, toughened glass shatters into very small bits that should not cause injury. But seeing glass pieces fall off a terminal that has so much glass does cause panic. We don't want that to happen and have therefore decided on the sunfilm. A test was also carried out to check how the shattered glass behaved. It stayed in place long enough for the glass to be replaced," said Dixit.
12/04/16 Times of India
