Video: Visuals of Delhi Airport's Terminal-1 Moments Before Roof Collapse Goes Viral

New Delhi: A video of Delhi Airport's Terminal-1 just moments before its roof collapsed due to heavy rains has gone viral across social media platforms. A portion of the roof of the Delhi Airport's Terminal-1 collapsed due to the rain, leaving one person dead and six injured. The accident happened as the national capital on Friday came to a standstill after heavy downpour for several hours since early morning. 

The video that has now gone viral shows rain water gushing through the roof of the passenger pick-up and drop-off area. It shows the moment just before the canopy at Delhi airport's busy Terminal 1 collapsed.

As early morning rains brought the national capital to its knees, flight operations were suspended at Terminal 1 till further notice and thousands of commuters stranded while on their way to office, school or college, or for important appointments.

Key tunnels, including the one at Pragati Maidan, were closed and reports of homes being flooded came in from across the city, including the upscale areas of Hauz Khas, South Extension and Mayur Vihar on the first day of heavy rain.

According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data, 228.1 mm of rainfall was recorded at Safdarjung, the city's primary weather station, 192.8 mm at Lodhi Road, Mausam Bhavan, 150.4 mm at Ridge, 106.6 mm at Palam, and 66.3 mm at Ayanagar in the last 20 to 30 hours.

The IMD, which defines very heavy rain as rainfall amounting to between 124.5 and 244.4 mm in a day, said later in the morning that the monsoon has arrived. The downpour began around 3 am.

At Terminal 1, the rain destruction took a tragic turn. Around 5 am, a canopy at the departure area collapsed, trapping several people and killing one whose identity is yet to be ascertained.

Besides the roof sheet, the support beams collapsed, damaging the cars parked in the pick-up and drop area of the terminal. A search operation was conducted to make sure no one was trapped inside the damaged vehicles, officials said. The injured were taken to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram.

"… flights to & from Terminal 1 have been closed till further notice. Alternate arrangements are being made for the smooth operation of the flights," the Civil Aviation ministry said in a post on X.

Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu said he was personally monitoring the situation.

"First responders are working at the site. Also advised the airlines to assist all affected passengers at T1… Rescue operations are still ongoing," he said on X.

T1 has only domestic flight operations by IndiGo and SpiceJet. The airport -- which has three terminals T1, T2 and T3 -- handles around 1,400 flight movements daily.