A roof collapsed due to heavy rain and wind at the main airport in India's capital New Delhi on Friday, killing one person and prompting the cancellation of flights from a domestic terminal, officials said.
A portion of the roof of the departure area of Delhi airport's Terminal 1 collapsed early in the morning and flight operations were suspended till 2 pm, India's aviation minister told reporters.
The entire terminal, one of three at the country's busiest airport, has been evacuated and an investigation into the collapse has been ordered, minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu said.
At least 10 flights were canceled and 40 suffered delays, according to data from the flight tracking platform Flightradar24.
Eight injured people were taken to hospital and the rescue operation was completed, said Atul Garg, director of the Delhi Fire Service.
Footage on Indian television channels showed a taxi crushed under a shattered metal pillar in the entrance area of the terminal, which is mainly used by budget carriers IndiGo and SpiceJet for domestic flights.
Indigo is operated by Interglobe Aviation.
The incident occurred at 5 a.m. Thursday, typically a busy time for domestic flights transporting people across the country, according to a statement from the airport posted on X.
The airport area received about 148.5 millimeters of rain over three hours in the early morning, more than the average for all of June, according to India's meteorological office.
Many other areas of Delhi were also flooded and cars were stuck in thigh-deep water. Metro services were affected and traffic jams were reported in several parts of the city.
Several Delhi residents also complained about power outages.
In India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, at least 20 people have died in various incidents related to rain and flooding in the past 48 hours, seven of them due to lightning strikes, officials said.
GMR Airports Infrastructure, which operates Delhi International Airport, is also its largest shareholder with a 64% stake. Its shares fell as much as 2.1% in early trading.
