Roissy : behind the scenes | France 3 | Histoires d'aujourd'hui

With 1500 planes which take off and land daily, the airport of Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle is the second airport of Europe, behind that of London. 150 000 passengers cross there each day In Roissy, first border of France, the border police (PAF) control scrupulously the arrivals on the French ground. In the control tower, located, contrary to the common held view, in the basements of the airport, the chief coordinates the whole of the air traffic. In Roissy, a plane lands or takes off every 60 seconds, 24 hours a day. Roissy is always in turmoil and seek to conquer the first place in Europe. To this end, a new terminal, the 2 E, had been built. But, on May 23, 2004, the departure lounge breaks down. Human drama, economic catastrophe: the airport lost a quarter of its capacity? However, the summer holidays are close and it is necessary to well manage the tourists influx. We infiltrated, months during, in this extraordinary universe, where nothing never stops…