• Security: The Civil Guard identifies several people after the closure of Barajas by the flight of a drone near the tracks

The Civil Guard finds no evidence to support the existence of the drone that was allegedly sighted by at least two pilots in Barajas and forced the airport's airspace to close for one hour last Monday, February 3. The investigations carried out so far by the agents have not allowed us to identify any object and, in addition, the Iberia pilot who alerted the device doubted in a second statement whether the bright machine of small size he saw was indeed a drone . The case, therefore, could be filed this week, as EL MUNDO has learned from the same sources of the Armed Institute.

At first, a pilot of the Iberia company said that he had visualized a possible drone in the takeoff area of ​​the northern configuration of Barajas, at the height of Paracuellos del Jarama. Another pilot also warned of a similar event, so all the alarms were turned on and the aircraft diversion procedure was immediately activated , declaring the one known as Rate 0, which prevents the takeoff and landing of aircraft at the airport, according to Enaire, the agency on which the air traffic control depends.

Between 12.40 pm and 1.40 pm 26 flights were diverted that were scheduled to land in Barajas at the airports of Valencia, Barcelona, ​​Alicante, Valladolid and Zaragoza. Once the necessary checks were made, the landings were authorized.

Civil Guard sources admit that the investigation will probably be closed without determining the existence of a drone and that, supposedly, the pilot could see another object, but never an apparatus manned by remote control.

Civil Guard sources said that last February 3 the action protocol worked "perfectly" and recalled that what prevailed was the safety of the passengers, who at no time was in danger.

Since last week, the Civil Guard has created in the Comandancia de Madrid and in the rest of Spain the so-called Air Police to control the airspace of its areas of influence and prevent the illegal flight of drones in restricted areas.

The teams created by the Civil Guard were formerly called Pegasus (Specialist Police in Aeronautical and Safety Management) and have been formed with the collaboration of the State Air Safety Agency (Aesa), the public company Enaire and the Commission of Accident Investigation and Aviation Incidents (CIAIAC).

Last year alone, the Pegaso de Madrid team, a pioneer in Spain, completed 51 investigations of incidents involving heliports, airfields, aeromodelling clubs, drones, ultralights and paramotors.

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