Bloomberg
• Kate Duffy
A technical problem at the UK’s air navigation service provider NATS grounded more than 1,000 flights, disrupted Heathrow, Gatwick and other airports, and diverted at least two Airbus A380s to Germany. The outage continued into a second day, affecting tens of thousands of travelers and testing network resilience.
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A technical problem at the UK’s air navigation service provider NATS grounded more than 1,000 flights, disrupted Heathrow, Gatwick and other airports, and diverted at least two Airbus A380s to Germany. The outage continued into a second day, affecting tens of thousands of travelers and testing network resilience.
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Flights gradually resumed Wednesday after a major NATS air traffic control failure disrupted British airports, including Heathrow, and triggered more than 1,000 cancellations. Airlines warned that delays and further cancellations could continue for days as ministers sought answers from the UK’s air traffic control leadership.
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A technical failure at the UK’s air traffic control provider NATS halted arrivals at London’s five major airports until at least 10 p.m. Tuesday, while cancellations and delays affected more than 1,000 flights nationwide. Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Stansted were among the airports disrupted.
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