There was alarm at Palma Airport on Tuesday afternoon when part of the roof in the arrivals area collapsed. Fortunately, there were no injuries.
The airports authority AENA reports that the incident occurred after some debris fell on the glass roof and broke the protective glass. "Airport officials are assessing what happened in order to take appropriate measures and determine responsibility, if necessary."
Glass and other material landed on vending machines in the baggage reclaim area. Security and airport personnel immediately began cordoning off the area and redirecting the numerous passengers who had just arrived. The noise of the collapse naturally generated enormous concern, which was dispelled after it was confirmed that no one was injured.
This incident is against the background of complaints about building work by airport employees. There have been other incidents, none of which have caused injury, an alleged lack of safety measures having been denounced over several weeks.
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This is Spain, so to be blunt who actually gives a s***?
Unidentified item in the baggage area.
The greed, presumably of Aena, has transformed our local airport into a nightmare. All recent works have made the airport more dysfunctional - from the drop-off and parking areas to security and arrivals - and from the article above, quite obviously less robust and safe (I suppose we just need to wait for the next round of storms and airport flooding!!). Aena (acting in partnership with the governmental clowns in Madrid) is a major contributor to our 'overtourism' problems i.e. more flights means more tourists who all want to stay somewhere (legal or illegal), and unless and until the airport is taken over by local interests, the situation will never improve - then and only then can we get full control over tourist numbers.
They have had the whole winter to get the works done, failed miserably. The incompetence of the people involved is frightening, but unfortunately close to the standard here.