28-Year-Old Man Falls to Death From Departure Bridge in Chennai Airport

Chennai, January 29: A 28-year-old man fell to his death from the departure bridge at Chennai International Airport. The deceased is identified to be Chaitanya Vuyuru from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. Vuyuru worked for Accenture as a software professional in Bengaluru. The incident took place around 6.30 am today.

From a security footage it has been witnessed that Vuyuru was talking over his phone. It can be seen that he was trying to sit on the departure bridge near Gate no. 4 of the domestic terminal and suddenly falls down.

Reports state that Vuyuru may have slipped and fallen down. The man got injured and faced multiple fractures in his body as he fell down from 30 feet. He died on the spot. The police are investigating from the CCTV footage whether Vuyuru was trying to take a selfie when he got distracted. The police said it is too early to say it as a case of suicide as they are still in process of probing the cause of the death.