The sighting of drones in the vicinity of the airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas has forced air traffic to be suspended for about half an hour this Wednesday and even divert 21 planes to alternative airfields for landing.
This was confirmed by a spokesperson for Enaire, air navigation manager, after the X air traffic controllers account (formerly Twitter) reported at around 7:15 p.m. that operations at the airport had been suspended at drones have been sighted in its vicinity.
About half an hour after notification air circulation was reactivatedonce the Civil Guard confirmed that there have been no new sightings, according to Enaire. The manager explained that this measure is part of the security protocol that is activated in these cases.
If there are planes waiting, they then have priority in landing, which results in delays in takeoff, explained the same spokesperson, who has not quantified the delay time, although he has highlighted that The incident was resolved within half an hour.
According to the information provided by the airport manager Aenathey have had to divert 21 flights of the 1,034 scheduled for this Wednesday.