MAD T4 temporarily closed
Dec 30, 2006 | 4:14 am
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MAD T4 temporarily closed
It only affects T4, all other airports are functioning normally. I'd imagine the situation will be resolved sometime today, but for real (factual) info you should check with IB, or local auhorities.
Dec 30, 2006 | 5:28 am
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AENA the airport authority says they will re-open at 14:00 but IB has finally posted to their website (after 4 hours) in Spanish only that they will first announce on the website and through media channels when they will be operational.
AA currently shows 16:00 departure.
There is discussion of moving flights to T1/T2/T3 as well.
AA currently shows 16:00 departure.
There is discussion of moving flights to T1/T2/T3 as well.
Dec 30, 2006 | 8:58 am
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Can I believe a news article that says the Spanish authorities blew up the truck in place "under controlled circumstances"? If the article is correct their "controlled circumstances" didn't even include clearing people from the area - it mentioned injured and missing. Must be more to it...
Dec 30, 2006 | 10:46 am
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Here is the CNN article.
Dec 30, 2006 | 3:57 pm
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[QUOTE=JohnAx;6922607]Can I believe a news article that says the Spanish authorities blew up the truck in place "under controlled circumstances"? QUOTE]
.... and what news article is that? I have not seen or heard this anywhere yet.
They were evacuating the terminal, baggage was strewn everywhere and the National Police where in the process of locating the bomb when the explosion occured.
They received 2 or 3 calls in advance. One to 112 the equivalent of 911 and other to media outlet between 45 minutes and one hour prior. There was a report of call directly to a fire brigade as well.
.... and what news article is that? I have not seen or heard this anywhere yet.
They were evacuating the terminal, baggage was strewn everywhere and the National Police where in the process of locating the bomb when the explosion occured.
They received 2 or 3 calls in advance. One to 112 the equivalent of 911 and other to media outlet between 45 minutes and one hour prior. There was a report of call directly to a fire brigade as well.
Dec 31, 2006 | 1:09 am
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[QUOTE=MADflyer;6924184]
Well, I got it from a couple of links from Google/news, my normal news routine. Here's one from Bloomberg that's current some hours later: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...o&refer=europe
A hopefully-legal quote from the article:
Can I believe a news article that says the Spanish authorities blew up the truck in place "under controlled circumstances"? QUOTE]
.... and what news article is that? I have not seen or heard this anywhere yet.
They were evacuating the terminal, baggage was strewn everywhere and the National Police where in the process of locating the bomb when the explosion occured.
They received 2 or 3 calls in advance. One to 112 the equivalent of 911 and other to media outlet between 45 minutes and one hour prior. There was a report of call directly to a fire brigade as well.
.... and what news article is that? I have not seen or heard this anywhere yet.
They were evacuating the terminal, baggage was strewn everywhere and the National Police where in the process of locating the bomb when the explosion occured.
They received 2 or 3 calls in advance. One to 112 the equivalent of 911 and other to media outlet between 45 minutes and one hour prior. There was a report of call directly to a fire brigade as well.
A hopefully-legal quote from the article:
Bomb disposal experts, not waiting for the device to detonate, triggered the explosion of the powerful truck bomb in a parking lot at Madrid airport's Terminal 4 at around 9 a.m. local time today. The decision followed three warning phone calls to authorities, the last of which claimed to be from ETA.
The terminal, a 6.1 billion euro ($8.1 billion) structure that opened only in February, had 575 flights scheduled today, and authorities suspended all for several hours while they cleared the site. Services at the other three terminals were unaffected, said the airport's operator AENA.
440 Pounds of Explosives
Terminal 4 is the base of Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA, Spain's largest airline, and OneWorld alliance partners such as British Airways Plc. The massive building designed by Richard Rogers Partnership won the U.K.'s top architecture prize.
About 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of explosives were used in the blast, the largest charge employed by ETA in an attack in 15 years, Efe newswire reported, citing initial calculations of unidentified security officials. It damaged the terminal's arrivals lounge and destroyed several floors of the parking structure.
Two people are missing in the rubble, including a man who stayed in his car while his girlfriend went to meet a relative in the terminal.
Twenty-six people were treated for light injuries at the scene and five were later hospitalized, television station Antena 3 de Television reported.
The terminal, a 6.1 billion euro ($8.1 billion) structure that opened only in February, had 575 flights scheduled today, and authorities suspended all for several hours while they cleared the site. Services at the other three terminals were unaffected, said the airport's operator AENA.
440 Pounds of Explosives
Terminal 4 is the base of Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA, Spain's largest airline, and OneWorld alliance partners such as British Airways Plc. The massive building designed by Richard Rogers Partnership won the U.K.'s top architecture prize.
About 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of explosives were used in the blast, the largest charge employed by ETA in an attack in 15 years, Efe newswire reported, citing initial calculations of unidentified security officials. It damaged the terminal's arrivals lounge and destroyed several floors of the parking structure.
Two people are missing in the rubble, including a man who stayed in his car while his girlfriend went to meet a relative in the terminal.
Twenty-six people were treated for light injuries at the scene and five were later hospitalized, television station Antena 3 de Television reported.