Rainwater shuts an airport terminal…

Seepage caused by rain forced a five-hour closure on the airports terminal 1C Wednesday.

Seepage caused by rain forced a five-hour closure on the airports terminal 1C Wednesday. The IMD said the Andheri observation centre registered around 70 mm rainfall through 24 hours ending 8.30 am Wednesday.

There was some seepage in terminal 1C after a spell of heavy rain. The seepage was from construction areas adjoining the terminal. Remedial steps were immediately taken and the terminal was closed to prevent inconvenience to passengers. Boarding was facilitated through terminals 1 B and 1A, said an MIAL spokesperson. The terminal reopened at 3 pm.

Terminal 1C had been opened April 21. It links terminals 1A and 1B so that passengers can board with the help of aerobridges. Terminal 1C can be accessed only by passengers of full-cost carriers like Jet Airways,Kingfisher and Air India.

MIAL said there was no impact on operations for the closure but airline officials said there was an element of delay because of various reasons. MIAL said the authorities had to switch off power as a precaution due to the seepage. On Tuesday,there was no power from 4 am to 6 am because of an outage,said the MIAL spokesperson.

There were hiccups with the conveyer between between 7 and 10 am. The online baggage screening facility was also not available for some time. As a result,there was a lot of delay in handling baggage. The frontline airline staff had to face angry passengers, said an airline official.

An airline official said passengers at terminal 1A were also inconvenienced by seepage in the seating area.

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