U.K. air traffic control ‘technical issue’ causes travel disruptions – National | 24CA News
Britain’s National Air Traffic Service (NATS) was pressured to limit the circulate of plane on Monday as it really works to deal with a technical difficulty, it mentioned, with airways and airports warning of delays and cancellations.
“We are currently experiencing a technical issue and have applied traffic flow restrictions to maintain safety. Engineers are working to find and fix the fault,” a spokesperson mentioned, including that UK airspace was not closed.
Earlier Scottish airline Loganair mentioned on social media website X, beforehand often known as Twitter, that there had been a network-wide failure of UK air site visitors management laptop programs, warning worldwide flights might face delays.
Airports together with London Luton and Birmingham mentioned they had been working to grasp the impression and the timescale through which regular operations may resume, whereas British Airways additionally mentioned it was working intently with NATS to grasp the impression.
Dublin Airport mentioned the air site visitors management points had been leading to delays and cancellations to some flights into and out of the Irish capital and suggested passengers as a consequence of journey immediately to test the standing of their flight with their airline upfront.
Several passengers took to social media to say they had been caught on planes on the tarmac ready to take off on what’s a busy journey day as a consequence of Monday’s public vacation in components of Britain.
One Reuters witness being held on the tarmac at Budapest mentioned their pilot instructed passengers that they confronted an 8-12 hour delay.
— Reporting by Kylie MacLellan and Mitch Phillips; Editing by Louise Heavens, Jason Neely and Alison Williams
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