Based on EFE one of many detained passengers faked a diabetic coma to facilitate the escape of 20 different individuals. When the aircraft landed, the group fled the plane and ran by the tarmac, the Spanish authorities’s delegate within the Balearics, Aina Calvo, instructed reporters.
“It is typical that we obtain these form of requests for emergency landings, when a passenger is sick and the captain decides it is essential to land. What isn’t typical and is remarkable, is that we see 21 individuals working on the airport’s tarmac,” Calvo stated.
The Palma de Mallorca airport was briefly closed and 13 flights have been rerouted earlier than operations resumed at 11 p.m. on Friday, AENA, the airport authority stated on Twitter.
“Palma’s airport is working usually, however the feeling is basic: what occurred can’t repeat itself and it is necessary that the accountable authorities overview their protocols to ensure the security of all,” the President of the Balearic Islands, Francina Armengol, stated in a tweet.
Daniel Zamit, a spokesperson for USCA, the Spanish Air Site visitors Controllers Union, known as the incident a “grave breach of safety” and stated the protocols in place can be reviewed, in an interview with Spanish broadcaster TVE.
AENA and the Spanish authorities weren’t instantly obtainable for remark.
