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UK air traffic control fault resolved after hundreds of flight cancellations

irishtimes.com — September 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM UTC

A technical issue affecting UK air traffic control services has been resolved, according to provider Nats, after causing hundreds of flight cancellations and widespread disruption on Tuesday. Nats, serving 15 UK airports, apologized for the prolonged disruption and said it was working to clear a backlog of flights. The outage led to around 425 cancellations, with Dublin Airport reporting 73 affected flights and airlines like Ryanair and British Airways impacting tens of thousands of passengers. Transport secretary Heidi Alexander sought assurances that lessons would be learned, while airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Edinburgh, and Stansted were affected. EasyJet also reported delays across Europe due to the issue.

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