Firefighters and security personnel gathered around the Vueling aircraft as its occupants watched from the cabin windows. After a bomb warning triggered a special security operation on Monday night, 26 October 2026, the flight from Barcelona was taken to an isolated area of Gran Canaria Airport. Passengers said they received little information as they waited aboard for more than five hours.
The aircraft was parked near Ojos de Garza beach in Telde after landing without incident. Police security units and bomb-disposal specialists took part in the response. Firefighters were also on scene. The isolated location kept the inspection from interrupting the airport’s other aircraft operations, and Aena said the airport continued to operate normally.
Passengers could see security forces and firefighters outside, but said they were not told what was happening. One described the confusion after they were taken off the plane: «Estuvimos en el avión y no nos dijeron nada, luego nos sacaron y hasta ahora».
A young passenger said the pilot had told them the aircraft had a defect: «el piloto nos dijo que lo que pasaba era que el avión tenía un defecto». She learned from news reports on her phone that the alert concerned something else.
Passengers leaving the aircraft carried their luggage. Some told CANARIAS7: «no nos han dicho nada, no sabemos lo que ha pasado». Bomb-disposal specialists searched the aircraft and found no explosive device. Authorities treated the warning as a false alarm.
State security forces are continuing their inquiries to identify those responsible for the false alarm, which authorities describe as a criminal act. Investigators are tracing the warning to whoever made it.
