Munich airport resumes flights after evacuating control tower
German Air Traffic Control suspended operations until further notice as police said the fire brigade was assessing smoke in the tower and some flights were diverted.
- Munich Airport evacuated its tower at 8:33 pm on Sunday after smoke was detected, disrupting operations at Europe's eighth-largest airport by flight movements.
- German Air Traffic Control suspended flight operations until further notice following the smoke detection at the facility on Sunday evening.
- There were delays in arrivals and departures with some flights diverted; according to the flight schedule, check-ins were still taking place despite restrictions.
- Police told the DPA that operations had been "partially" suspended, with a spokesman confirming no flames were visible as the fire brigade assessed the situation.
- More information will follow as authorities investigate, though the online flight schedule late on Sunday did not indicate that operations had been completely suspended.
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The employees reported an "intensive smell", but the firefighters dispatched to the site did not detect any fire or smoke in the tower.
Flight operations were stopped on Sunday evening after a fire alarm. Meanwhile, "flight operations are back to normal".
On Sunday evening the airport had announced that the operation had been temporarily stopped. As a cause of the alarm a defect was discovered in a fan
Due to fire odours in the tower, Munich Airport stopped operating for about two hours on Sunday evening. Meanwhile, machines start and land again. The cause of the alarm was found.
Flights briefly grounded at Munich airport after tower evacuation
The Munich International Airport is Germany’s second-busiest airport after Frankfurt. (EPA Images pic) MUNICH: Flights were halted at the Munich airport for nearly two hours on Sunday evening after workers reported the smell of smoke in the control tower, an airport spokesman told AFP. The tower was evacuated as a precaution and take-offs and landings were stopped from 8.33pm (1833 GMT), the spokesman said. Flights resumed at 10.15pm, the airpor…
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