A Boeing 737 makes several loops over the Mediterranean and makes an emergency landing in Perpignan due to storms

Pendant plusieurs heures, le trafic a été perturbé à l’aéroport de Barcelone. picture alliance – Markus Mainka

Ce lundi 10 juin 2024, un Boeing 737 de la compagnie Norwegian a atterri à l’aéroport de Perpignan. Ce vol, reliant Copenhague à Barcelone, a été dérouté en urgence.

This Monday, June 10, 2024, late in the morning, a Norwegian Boeing 737 landed at La Llabanère airport. This flight was finally diverted at the last minute while it was connecting Copenhagen in Denmark to Barcelona in Spain, reports Actu Perpignan.

Meteo adversa en #Barcelona y esperas por seguridad. #SafetyFirst pic.twitter.com/NRtIysmfzl

— 😉Controladores Aéreos 🇪🇸 (@controladores) June 10, 2024

The events took place around 11:45 a.m. when Perpignan airport observed the landing of this Norwegian Boeing 737. A few dozen minutes before, this plane made several loops above the Mediterranean, off the Catalan coast, before heading towards the Pyrénées-Orientales, while leaving Copenhagen.

Big storms in Spain

According to the site Flightradar24.com, the flight was supposed to land in Barcelona, ​​but was urgently diverted due to heavy storms. Indeed, for several hours, traffic was disrupted at Barcelona airport.

Finally, the plane was able to take off again an hour later from Perpignan, with all its passengers on board, to land safely in Spain at 2 p.m.< /p>