Fire at Rome-Ciampino airport: after a morning of chaos, air traffic resumed at 1:30 p.m.
Today is a complicated day for air transport, and not only because of strikes. Because of a [...]
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Today is a complicated day for air transport, and not only for strikes. Due to a fire was temporarily suspended air traffic in theRome-Ciampino Airport, the second airport in the capital city. This was announced by ENAV, the National Flight Assistance Board, which explained that the fire -- a small one that allegedly broke out at the base of CIA's control tower -- is already been tamed.
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As can be seen from the FlightRadar24 website, between 07:30 and 09:40, many incoming planes were deviants at nearby Fiumicino airport; several delays also among departing flights.
According to ENAV, fortunately, equipment critical to the operation of the control tower was not damaged in any way. The cause of the fire remains unknown at the moment: authorities are already investigating.
A Georgian man, who had been in Italy for a few days, was stopped by the Air Border Police and is currently under interrogation. He would be the author of the fire that has been paralyzing air traffic at Ciampino airport since this morning. The man - according to the first reconstructions reported by LaRepubblica newspaper - would be "a cardiac subject with a critical psychiatric condition." Still unknown is the motivation for this act. Investigators continue to investigate, especially to clarify how the suspect got into a Very sensitive and heavily guarded area of the airport, which is precisely the area where the control tower is located.
The alleged perpetrator, a 36-year-old Georgian man, was arrested on charges of attack on transportation security, arson, aggravated damage, violence and resistance to public official.
Meanwhile, after a morning of chaos, around At 1:30 p.m., flights to and from Rome-Ciampino airport resumed. Enav stresses that "there is no evidence of damage to equipment and systems necessary for air traffic management."
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