They canceled 200 flights at the airport for a "clueless" passenger | Chronic

A simple mistake made by a Spanish citizen left the balance of more than 200 canceled flights and a security alarm on the entire Munich airport, when he returned from Thailand to his country.

The incident occurred when the young man, aged 20 to 25, landed at Munich Airport, the second busiest airport in Germany, after his stay in Bangkok, where he had to take another flight to Madrid.

After leaving the plane, the young man stopped at the services and leaving, somewhat disoriented after being separated from the stream of travelers who had left him the aircraft, he started walking in the wrong direction.

So, as the channel says BR24 and the Merkur newspaper, the young man was standing in front of doors giving way to the restricted area, where only travelers who have crossed the security controls come in and click on the button to open them.

The security alarm then went off and the opening of the doors meant that a pbadenger from outside the Schengen area had skipped the controls and entered the security zone.

Then part of the two terminals of the Munich airport was evicted in accordance with security protocols and all travelers had to leave the premises and return. Shortly after, the young Spaniard was arrested.

The suspension of up to 200 flights affected nearly 1,800 pbadengers, of which about 1,000 spent the night in hotels near the airfield, organized by the companies concerned, and were displaced on flights from Wednesday.

The young man, who has been questioned by security forces, is now facing criminal charges. According to the police, the Spaniard would have been "Horrified" because of the alarm that he had caused. According to Chain to be, has already been able to return to Spain after the German authorities concluded that access to the restricted area was limited. "accidental"

The Munich airport traffic is already back to normal. Sources at the airfield said this morning that there were no further cancellations or delays after the incident was overcame.