Flooded Runway, Fallen Roof: Cyclone Amphan Wrecks Kolkata Airport

Flooded runway, a collapsed hangar and an airplane damaged under a caved-in roof, show the impact of the cyclone.

Flooded hangars, tarmac at the Kolkata airport due to cyclone Amphan.

(Photo Courtesy: ANI)

As Cyclone Amphan tore through West Bengal on Wednesday, 20 May, leaving a devastating wreck in its wake, structures at the Kolkata airport, too, sustained damages. Pictures of the city airport taken a day after being hit by the cyclone show the extent of the damage.

Photos of a flooded runway, a collapsed hangar, and an airplane damaged under a collapsed roof have emerged on social media.

The tarmac and runway have been completely flooded. 

The ceiling of a hangar collapsed due to the impact of the cyclone.

Planes parked in a flooded hangar.

The ceiling collapses on an airplane parked in the hangar.

All operations at the airport were shut till 5 am on Thursday, 21 May. Only cargo and evacuation flights are operating for now, reported NDTV. Passenger flights were already suspended since the COVID-19 lockdown began in March.

People took to social media to share videos of the condition of the airport on the morning of 21 May, after the cyclone had blown over.

At least 10 people have died due to the cyclone in West Bengal and property worth thousands of crores have been damaged. The cyclone left behind a trail of destruction in Kolkata, Hooghly, North and South 24 Parganas districts.