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Power Failure at Barcelona Control Tower Causes Widespread Disruption

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Barcelona-El Prat Airport returned to largely normal operations on Thursday after an electrical failure in its control tower temporarily halted flights and caused delays that continued well into Wednesday evening. However, some knock-on delays remained, while a separate ground-handling strike continued to affect flights and baggage services. The incident began at around 13:40 local time […]

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The air traffic controllers at Josep-Tarradellas El Prat Airport needed "paper and pencil" to be able to manage air traffic during the power outage...

·Madrid, Spain
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An electrical power failure of the control tower at Barcelona-El Prat airport, which has already been repaired, has caused delays in take-off and landing of flights, as well as detours.According to Aena in a message on social networks around 2 p.m., take-off and landings have been stopped due to the incident.«There has been an impact on the electrical power supply of the control tower at Barcelona-El Prat airport, which is already being remedied…

·Madrid, Spain
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The service is slowly restored although it has not yet been normalized and for the moment has forced to make 10 detours in one day with 1,124 planned operationsThe strike of the personnel of land, check-in and boarding of the airport of Prat affects at least 20 flights An impact on the electricity supply of the control tower has forced to stop the operation of the airport Josep Tarradellas Barcelona El Prat this noon and causes delays in dozens …

·Madrid, Spain
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The incident has forced to stop this Wednesday at noon the departures and landings of planes

·Barcelona, Spain
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An electrical breakdown in the control tower paralyzes activity at El Prat airport

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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An electrical failure at Barcelona-El Prat airport has forced both landings and take-off to be paralysed for a few minutes, causing several delays this Wednesday morning. According to AENA, the incidence has occurred in the electrical power supply of the control tower and is already 'removing'.

·Barcelona, Spain
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OKDIARIO broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.
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