Barcelona–El Prat

But actually, it was very simply Bournemouth Beach.

On the subject of interesting beaches, when I was at Barcelona Airport about 10 days ago, I went for a quick walk around the airport perimeter.

That's how I get my kicks.

In this case, I was very surprised to... experience um not just a really interesting nature reserve which has been beautifully beautifully preserved and this if you're taking off uh to the southwest from there you will see it you will fly directly over it but if you carry on you get to a beautiful beach and it's really quite deserted except for a number of people none of whom are wearing any clothes mick There is a nudist beach almost within passenger view of...

I've spoken about it recently.

So it's kind of interesting, isn't it? In fact, to my right, you have Barcelona Airport and you've got people flying up and down.

And then here to my left, you have this great big wetland.

You've got birds flying up and down.

And it was the most productive nature walk that I've had in a long time.

It was incredible.

So we went along this boardwalk, which bypassed a tunnel that went under the runway of Barcelona Airport.

And there's the shot of the bird scare.

We flew back the next morning early.

We did have quite a few hours in the Barcelona airport.

That's true.

That's true.

We can talk about the subpar vermouth that exists in the non-Schengen area of the Barcelona airport.

We can talk about how hot the Barcelona airport is.

Oh, the

Barcelona airport.

Our attention turns into the UEFA Champions League clash against giant Paris Saint-Germain at Parc des Princes.

But before we even step into French soil, Barca faced an unexpected flight delay at El Prat airport due to heavy fog covering Paris.

In today's episode, I'm talking about the Betis victory or defensive emergency.

Dro Fernandes drama at PSG.

[upbeat music] Thanks to Leander for Dancing Queen by ABBA.

Also today, thanks are given to a couple of women working at Barcelona Airport who stopped a plane from taking off so one of our listeners wasn't left behind.

And we have the inheritance tracks of Broadway and West End star Marisha Wallace.

[upbeat music] Thank you very much indeed for joining us wherever you might be listening this morning.

The customs line-

... from Barcelona Airport.

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But I just, yeah, it just bothers me.

But for me, this actually smacks of another mass murder that I covered a couple of years ago in an episode entitled Mass Murder in the Skies, which told the story of Germanwings Flight 9525, which took off from Barcelona Airport bound for Dusseldorf with 144 passengers on board, as well as four crew and two pilots.

Half an hour into that flight, the captain left the cockpit to go to the bathroom, leaving his co-pilot, First Officer Andreas Lubitz, alone.

He proceeded to lock the cockpit door from the inside before beginning a minutes-long descent into the French Alps, killing everyone on board.