Thousands of travellers have been delayed at major airports across England because of a technical problem at an air traffic control centre.
Passengers were delayed at airports including Gatwick. Photo: AFP
Disruption was reported at most airports including Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, after what National Air Traffic Services (NATS) said was a computer glitch at its control centre in Swanwick in Hampshire.
NATS said the problem began when its night operating system failed properly to switch over to daytime mode and said engineers were working to rectify the problem as soon as possible," it added.
Heathrow, Britain's busiest airport, had cancelled 60 flights by 0945 GMT on Saturday, Reuters reports.
Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Southampton, Luton, London City, Newcastle, Exeter and Bournemouth Stansted also reported delays and were asking passengers to check with their airlines. Flights from Scotland were less affected.
