SPAIN: SPACE SHUTTLE EMERGENCY LANDING SITES AND PROCEDURES FOR SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-125

UNCLAS MADRID 000430 SIPDIS FOR OES/SAT DJACKSON AND NASA/OER SKAMM E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: TSPA SP SUBJECT: SPAIN: SPACE SHUTTLE EMERGENCY LANDING SITES AND PROCEDURES FOR SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-125 REF: REF: STATE 38670 ¶1. Per reftel request, post has obtained verbal permission from the GOS to use Gran Canaria Airport (aka Gando Air Base) in Las Palmas, Canary Islands as an Emergency Landing Site (ELS) for the launch of STS-125 and is expecting formal written authorization soon. Post knows of no reason the site should not be considered as an ELS. ¶2. POC for post: Name: Peter Higgins Title: Economic Officer Org: U.S. Embassy Madrid email: higginsjp@state.gov phone: 34 91 587-2295 POCs for ATCT: Name: Brigadier Jesus Benito Munoz Title: Base Operations Supervisor Org: Gando AB email: jbenmun@ea.mde.es phone: 34 928 328 328 Name: Commander Juan Carlos Dominguez Title: Operations Support Squadron Commander Org: Gando AB email: jdomdor@ea.mde.es phone: 34 639 761 676 Name: Tomas Vidriales Bartolome Title: Air Traffic Control Chief Controller Org: Gando AB email: tvidriales@aena.es phone: 34 928 577 055 CHACON