More than 2,000 flights cancelled, hundreds of thousands of passengers delayed or stranded, and airlines facing compensation payments in the millions.
It was a bank holiday Monday – a classic “big travel day”.
It was a bank holiday Monday – a classic “big travel day”.
Early news of delays at some airports did not cause much panic – they happen every day and, more often than not, are rectified almost immediately.
But a message from Scottish airline Loganair posted on social media site X, formerly Twitter, shortly before 12:00 BST suggested a bigger problem.
The airline said there was a network-wide failure of UK air traffic control computer systems.
Within half an hour, the problem was confirmed by Britain’s National Air Traffic Services (Nats). It said in a statement it was experiencing “technical issues” and was restricting air traffic flow for safety reasons. It did not say how long it would take its engineers to find and fix the problem.
All flights could land safely. This was not a matter of life and death – but of frustration and expense, on a scale rarely seen in any setting.
More than 2,000 flights cancelled, hundreds of thousands of passengers delayed or stranded, and airlines facing compensation payments in the millions.
It was a bank holiday Monday – a classic “big travel day”.
Early news of delays at some airports did not cause much panic – they happen every day and, more often than not, are rectified almost immediately.
It was a bank holiday Monday – a classic “big travel day”.
It was a bank holiday Monday – a classic “big travel day”.
Early news of delays at some airports did not cause much panic – they happen every day and, more often than not, are rectified almost immediately.
But a message from Scottish airline Loganair posted on social media site X, formerly Twitter, shortly before 12:00 BST suggested a bigger problem.
The airline said there was a network-wide failure of UK air traffic control computer systems.
Within half an hour, the problem was confirmed by Britain’s National Air Traffic Services (Nats). It said in a statement it was experiencing “technical issues” and was restricting air traffic flow for safety reasons. It did not say how long it would take its engineers to find and fix the problem.
All flights could land safely. This was not a matter of life and death – but of frustration and expense, on a scale rarely seen in any setting.
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