U.Okay. Airports Hit by Flight Delays Over ‘Technical Issue’

The British air visitors management service skilled a “technical issue” on Monday, considerably disrupting flights out and in of Britain.

“We are currently experiencing a technical issue and have applied traffic flow restrictions to maintain safety,” the National Air Traffic Service mentioned in a press release. “Engineers are working to find and fix the fault.”

The delays are hitting at a heavy journey interval, as individuals return from holidays or prolonged journeys on Monday’s “bank holiday,” or nationwide time without work, in Britain. Customers have been suggested to test the standing of their flight earlier than touring to airports.

The European air management company, Eurocontrol, reported that Britain was experiencing “a flight data processing system failure” with “very high individual delays.”

“Currently there is no indication of when a solution for the failure will be available so no improvements for flights entering U.K. airspace are foreseen in the near future,” the company added.

The Scottish airline Loganair warned Monday on social media that there had been “a network-wide failure of U.K. air traffic control computer systems this morning.”

The Glasgow-based airline mentioned that whereas it was “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 flights may be subject to delays.”