AiR iNdiA HANGAR dAMAGEd iN KOLKATA

kolkata — Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport recommenced operations from Thursday afternoon after it was inundated by heavy rains due to Cyclone ‘Amphan’.

According to sources at the airport, operations recommenced at noon with the arrival of a Russian chartered plane for evacuation of stranded Russian nationals. However, some parts of the airport still remain inundated with water, which is being pumped out.

An Air India official said: “Our hangar has suffered structural damage due to the storm. Ground teams are trying to assess the damage. However, due to the conditions there, the work is going at a slow speed.”

“None of our aircraft was damaged in this storm.”

Further, Air India CMD Rajiv Bansal said that two aircraft of the national carrier parked at the Kolkata airport were not damaged while a private aircraft which was parked in the Air India’s hangar was damaged. —