Incidents
During June 1984, a month long pilot strike caused considerable disruption to services. In May 1991, a 24-hour strike necessitated cancelling all flights.
On July 28, 2006, ground staff at the El Prat airport went on an unannounced strike and occupied the runway. [9] The illegal strike, which coincided with one of the busiest weekends of the summer season, was attributed to the labor conflicts stemming from Iberia having lost its contract to provide ground services to a rival company. The airport was closed for the day and caused thousands of passenger delays. Some stranded passengers had to find their baggage and it took three days to remove the backlog of delays. In September 2006, the Spanish parliament agreed to certain compensatory payments to travellers who were affected. [10]
On 31 July 2008 an Iberia McDonnell Douglas MD-88, performing flight IB3575 from Vienna (Austria) to Madrid (Spain) with 126 passengers and 6 crew, suffered a burst tyre. No injuries were reported.[11]
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