An Iberia airline plane braked suddenly on the runway after an alarm went off on the control panel, causing passengers to panic. The incident took place at 07.20 hours at the César Manrique airport on a flight heading to Madrid from Lanzarote.
A passenger on the flight commented to La Voz that the pilot explained that "the plane automatically brakes for safety when it detects an error because the runway is very small" but that he then "takes the controls manually to ease the brakes and prevent it from stopping so abruptly".
Afterwards, the travelers were transferred back to the terminal, where they were told that they were "waiting to see what the mechanic said about the alarm that had gone off." For the moment, "they cannot confirm whether it is a computer error or another problem," the passenger points out. "They are now checking engine two," he adds.
"All in all, the crew is calm, but I admit that we had a good scare," he says.
After three hours of uncertainty, the passenger points out that the only thing that has arrived is a notification to his mobile phone from Iberia informing him that his plane will depart in the early hours of this Thursday. "They sent me an email telling me that the flight has been rescheduled to 00.15 hours tonight," he explains. "And there is no one here to tell us anything," he concludes.
