A 53-year-old British man was pronounced dead after plunging from a multi-storey car park at Gran Canaria Airport on Wednesday morning, Spanish authorities said.
The National Police on the island said the man fell at about 7:30 a.m. in the car park adjacent to the domestic departures area and that the drop was approximately three storeys, about 10 metres. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene. Police said the man was not a tourist but gave no further personal details.
Police said investigators were examining closed-circuit television footage and probing whether the fall resulted from an accident, a structural fault in the car park, or a deliberate act. Local reports said the man fell "through a gap" inside the structure, but authorities did not immediately confirm the mechanism of the fall.
A National Police spokesman said: "This morning, at 7:30 a.m., a 53-year-old British man fell from a height at Gran Canaria Airport, specifically in the car park located near the domestic departures area. The incident occurred from a height of approximately three storeys, about 10 metres. It has been confirmed that the person was not a tourist. No further information is available at this time." Police added that their inquiries remain ongoing.
The incident comes amid heightened public scrutiny of safety and security at the airport following two previous high-profile episodes earlier in the year. In May, a Gambian teenager, identified in local reports as Abdoulie Bah, was shot by armed officers after reportedly threatening travellers with a knife; court officials later said one of the bullets struck him in the neck and he was pronounced dead at the scene. In July, a 25-year-old British tourist died after falling from a supermarket car park in San Antonio.
Authorities did not release details about the immediate response, such as which emergency services attended or whether the car park was closed for inspection. The National Police said it will continue its investigation and that further information will be provided when available.
Consular assistance protocols typically apply when foreign nationals are involved in deaths abroad; it was not immediately clear whether British consular officials had been notified. The Spanish authorities and airport operators did not issue further statements by midday. The investigation is ongoing, and police urged anyone with information or relevant footage to come forward.