Traffic at Brest Bretagne airport, located in Guipavas (Finistère), should resume on Thursday morning after three days of closure, announced the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC). The control tower was struck by lightning on the afternoon of December 30, making it impossible to guarantee traffic in complete safety. Since this incident, all flights have been cancelled.
“The Brest Air Navigation Service (SNA) should reopen on Thursday morning, January 4, 2024 to be operational and guarantee commercial traffic during the weekend upon returning from the school holidays,” the DGAC wrote in a statement. .
Replacement of numerous materials.
The three departments of Pointe de Bretagne – Côtes d’Armor, Finistère and Morbihan – were placed on orange alert for the night of Saturday to Sunday by Météo-France due to a strong storm coming from Pointe de la Hague, on the Spanish border.
“Extremely strange, although it was not located in the same place, the secondary antenna was also struck by lightning,” he also specified. “The exceptional impact of this lightning strike requires the replacement of numerous pieces of equipment. The intervention of a crane, as well as the delivery of spare equipment, slows down the intervention of the technical teams.”
Source: BFM TV
