Planes pose threat to Indian monument

Vibrations from low-flying aircraft in New Delhi are threatening to damage to the world’s tallest brick monument, experts warned today.

Joint director general of the Archaeological Society of India (ASI), Dr B R Mani, said the 238ft-high Qutub Minar was under threat He told the Press Association: “We have apprehensions that vibrations caused by low-flying planes close to the monument are affecting the structure.”