The presence of a drone at Adolfo Suárez Madrid Barajas Airport forced the diversion of a total of 21 flights to other aerodromes this Wednesday afternoon, as Aena sources confirmed to ‘ABC’. Even though the facilities were never closed, planes scheduled to take off were delayed.
The air traffic controllers showed up at 7:14 p.m., via their social media account the security procedure state security bodies and forces.
This procedure lasted about an hour and required some planes to wait to land or take off, while More than twenty were diverted to other airports.
Around 9:00 p.m., activity had resumed normally, although with some delays, according to Aena. Controllers have already announced that once operations resume, it would take time to catch up accumulated.
The airport will take time to return to full normality, since it is should be done gradually so as not to clutter the airspace.
