U.K. flights delayed, canceled after air traffic control ‘technical issue’

Britain's air traffic control system said it was hit by a technical issue on Monday that threatened delays and cancelations to flights in and out of the country on a busy national holiday.

LONDON — Britain's air traffic control system said it was hit by a technical issue on Monday that threatened delays and cancelations to flights in and out of the country on a busy national holiday.

"We are currently experiencing a technical issue and have applied traffic flow restrictions to maintain safety," a spokesperson with Britain's National Air Traffic Service told NBC News just after 12:30 p.m. local time (7:30 a.m. ET).

It said engineers were working to find and fix the fault, but it was not clear how long it would take to resolve the issue.

In the meantime, a spokesperson said air traffic personnel were having to input flight plans manually.

"This morning’s technical issue is affecting our ability to automatically process flight plans," they said. "Until our engineers have resolved this, flight plans are being input manually which means we cannot process them at the same volume, hence we have applied traffic flow restrictions."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/uk-air-traffic-delays-technical-issue-rcna102095

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