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Technical failure causes cancellation of over a thousand flights in the United Kingdom

Euronews Portugal9 September 2026 at 06:41

A technical failure caused the cancellation of over a thousand flights in the United Kingdom. The situation affected thousands of passengers who were stranded at airports across the country.

NATS, the air traffic control operator responsible for the incident, confirmed that the system problem has already been resolved. According to the company, operations are now running normally.

The company is now working to reduce the delays of the flights that were affected by the technical failure. The impact on UK airports was significant during the period the system was down.

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