WATCH: Weather is often to blame for flight delays, but it was a computer failure at air traffic control in the U.K. that snarled air travel for tens of thousands of travellers on Friday. Stuart Greer has the details.
TORONTO – A computer failure is causing flight delays in the airspace over London, UK on Friday, according to the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation.
Heathrow Airport tweeted that flights are experiencing delays because of a power outage at the NATS control centre affecting UK airspace.
NATS, the UK’s main air navigation service provider, confirmed a technical problem was reported at Swanwick air traffic control centre, but said the system has since been restored.
“We are in the process of returning to normal operations. We apologise for any delays and our incident response team has been mobilised,” said a statement on its website.
About 20 minutes after the technical problem was confirmed, NATS tweeted that airspace was open but traffic volumes were being restricted “in accordance with capability we currently have in our system.”
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