Hundreds of UK flights cancelled after air traffic control glitch

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2026-09-08

London (PA Media/dpa) - More than 400 flights have been cancelled, with tens of thousands of passengers facing disruption after an air traffic control issue in the UK on Tuesday. NATS, which provides air traffic control services to 15 UK airports, said in a statement that recovery had "taken longer than we had hoped" after a technical issue in its "flight processing system" which was causing the disruption on Tuesday. Some 425 flights were cancel......

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