On the evening of November 5, local time, Palma Airport in Mallorca, Spain, suddenly announced the suspension of operations, causing dozens of flights to be affected. The reason for the airport closure was that a group of passengers ran down a forced landing flight and occupied the airport runway.
It is understood that at the time of the incident, an Arab Air Maroc plane was flying from Morocco's DalBeda (alias Casablanca) to Istanbul, Turkey, and was forced to land at Parma Airport in Spain at about 8 p.m. due to the health of a passenger. After the cabin doors opened, more than 20 passengers ran down. Spanish police have arrested 12 of them and are looking for the remaining "escaped" passengers.
On the same day, the airport was suspended for more than 3 hours, causing dozens of flights to be delayed or forced to change courses to other airports.
Local police said they were currently determining the specific reason for the passengers' "escape", and it was unclear whether it was a pre-planned operation, and the arrested passengers would be sent back to their countries of origin. Some Spanish media believe that these people are trying to enter Spain illegally.