The sighting of a drone at the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport has affected air traffic this Sunday in the capital and has caused delays in several flights coinciding with the return of the weekend.
As reported by Aena through its Twitter profile: “The sighting of the drone has forced the activation of the procedure between Aena, Enaire and the State Security Forces and Corps for about an hour.”
From Aena they have also confirmed that the procedure has been deactivated after carrying out the appropriate checks and that, as a consequence, “some flights have been affected with delay”.
The incident occurred on runway 32-R, as specified by Air Traffic Controllers through the same social network, where they have indicated that a flight from Paris sighted the drone.
“After changing the configuration to the south for a while and thus being able to guarantee a better landing rate, we now return to the north configuration in Madrid Barajas. Even so, it will take time to gradually recover the delay,” the controllers added.
For the moment, the National Police, which has been collaborating with Aena and Enaire in the tasks to carry out the necessary checks in this type of case, has not reported that any drone has been shot down or that there have been any arrests due to the incident.
It must be remembered that the operation of drones is not allowed in the 8 kilometers around the airports and their irresponsible use in the airport environment can lead to fines of up to 225,000 euros.
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