Published on 08/09/2026 – 22:00 GMT+2 • Updated

22:06

Passengers travelling to and from the UK on Tuesday faced severe disruption after a technical glitch affected air traffic control systems.

More than 1,000 flights have been cancelled so far, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24, with the issue impacting airports including London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester, and Birmingham.

Air traffic control operator NATS said earlier that it had identified a “technical issue” with its flight processing system and that its engineers were on site and working on a solution.

“Our system issue is now resolved, we are operating normally and…

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