UK AIRSPACE has been hit by a network-wide failure for air traffic control systems, a Scottish airline has said.
AIR passengers have been warned to expect “significant delays” after a UK air traffic control failure.
“Until our engineers have resolved this, flight plans are being input manually which means we cannot process them at the same volume, hence we have applied traffic flow restrictions.“Our priority is ensuring every flight in the UK remains safe and doing everything we can to minimise the impact. Loganair warned customers on X, formally known as Twitter, that flights may be subject to delays due to the outage.
There has been a network-wide failure of UK air traffic control computer systems this morning. Although we are hopeful of being able to operate most intra-Scotland flights on the basis of local coordination and with a minimum of disruption, north-south and international flightsLeading travel journalist Simon Calder warned passengers:"If you're booked to fly into or out of the UK be prepared for serious disruption.
Jack Chambers has warned of a “major” knock-on impact on flights to and from Ireland as a consequence of the UK air traffic control fault. COBRA meetings are usually called in response to instances of national or regional crisis, or during events abroad which have major implications for the UK. A Heathrow spokesman said: “As a result of national airspace issues there is disruption to flights across the UK. Passengers are advised to check with their airline for the latest information.
“We would like to advise customers to monitor the departure boards or your emails for further updates.Michele Robson, who used to work in air traffic control, said that it was “unusual” for failures to last this long.Radio 4’s World At One programme: “There was a flight planning system failure this morning which affected both centres in the UK.”
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