Chennai: Two days after a 65th incident of glass panel collapse was reported at the Chennai International Airport on Monday, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) dismissed them as 'normal' and cases of 'media hype'.
Responding to a complaint sent to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on the rising incidents of glass panel collapse at the government-run airport, in-charge chairman of the AAI S Raheja has said the spontaneous breakage of glass panel is because of nickel sulphate inclusion, which is a normal phenomena and very much within the industrial norms.
The letter further goes on to say, "...it is only a media hype which has created this kind of image on the falling of glasses. It is reiterated that none of the passengers/visitors were injured in the falling of glass incidents."
Brushing aside the incidents as minor, the AAI describes the breaking of glasses as accidents. It says the injuries that are mentioned in (NHRC) report were caused due to accidental breakage of the glasses in which the individuals sustained minor injuries.
Glass panels and sections of the false ceiling have collapsed with a bizarre frequency at the domestic and international terminals of the Chennai Airport. The union government and the Airports Authority of India, which run the airport, have been asked to clarify its stand on the issue.
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