UK air traffic control glitch prompts hundreds of flight cancellations

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UK air traffic control glitch prompts hundreds of flight cancellations

4 sourcesUpdated Sep 9, 2026

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UK air traffic control outage disrupts flightsstory 5 of 6 · since Sep 9, 2026

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Sep 9, 2026NATS failure causes 1,300 UK flight cancellations at major airports.
Sep 9, 2026UK flights resume after major air traffic outage but airports warn of more disruption.
Sep 9, 2026Air Traffic Control Failure Disrupts London Airport Flights.

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“Nats boss summoned by UK transport secretary as flight chaos enters second day”

The Guardian · Sep 9, 2026

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“More flights delayed after hundreds cancelled by air traffic control glitch”

BBC News · Sep 9, 2026

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