A woman passenger leaving the domestic terminal had a close shave Tuesday as a steel load came crashing down after the pulley of a crane snapped at the Chennai airport.
Eyewitnesses said the passenger was only a few metres from the accident site.
Airport director E.P. Hareendranathan, however, said the steel load fell in a segregated area where workers were trying to place a structure on a connecting bridge tube.
Airport sources admitted the serious safety lapse.
“In order to complete construction quickly, Airports Authority of India is rushing through the work without cordoning off project areas properly,” the sources said raising concern.