The aircraft's crew communicated the urgency signal "Pan Pan" to Spanish Air Traffic Controllers, requesting to return to Malaga for checks before landing.
Controllers activated the emergency protocol, reserving runway 12 for the landing and diverting other operations to runway 13 to maintain airport activity and have an alternative runway.
Operating with a single runway necessitated increasing the separation between flights, causing delays for some aircraft. The crew conducted further checks north of the airport before the final approach.
Finally, the plane landed and exited the runway without incident. After a runway inspection, the airport returned to its normal configuration with both runways operational.
