UK flight chaos could last for days, airline passengers warned
by Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6E7Q8)
Technical meltdown in air traffic control causes bank holiday misery, with 500 flights cancelled and others delayed
Airline passengers have been warned that flight disruption could persist for days, after a technical meltdown in UK air traffic control left hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded or delayed on the summer bank holiday.
Returning holidaymakers and those hoping to travel out of UK airports faced cancellations and delays of up to 12 hours after takeoffs and inbound flights were suspended due to a network-wide" computer failure.
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