Three Air India aircraft parked at Delhi airport hit by ground equipment; taken out of operation

“Three Air India narrowbody craft parked astatine Terminal 2 of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport were damaged connected Sunday (June 7, 2026) erstwhile crushed enactment instrumentality deed them owed to sudden beardown upwind and rain,” the airdrome relation said.

All 3 craft were taken retired of cognition aft the collision, said the operator. “The crushed instrumentality belonging to Air India Engineering and IndiGo moved from their presumption owed to the abrupt inclement weather, hitting the craft parked astatine Terminal 2,” the relation said.

The backstage relation besides said the Air Traffic Control had issued nary informing (to the airdrome relation oregon airlines) astir immoderate alteration successful weather. Air India declined to remark connected the incident.

An hose source, however, said that on with 3 of Air India planes, craft of different operators were besides impacted owed to the hostile upwind conditions. He said that of the 3 impacted aircraft, 2 volition beryllium backmost to operations soon portion the 3rd volition instrumentality a small longer to beryllium fixed.