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29.08.2023 - 09:27 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Thousands of Scots are seeing their travel plans disrupted as air traffic control chaos continues for another day.
Many flights have been delayed or cancelled due to the air traffic control failure. Despite the issue now being resolved, National Air Traffic Services (Nats), which controls UK airspace, has applied “traffic flow restrictions", meaning that airlines have been forced to cancel flights, with others facing major delays.
The restrictions mean that fewer flights are allowed in the skies, impacting people jetting off or due to fly back to Scotland - as well as other airports across the UK- today. To keep you in the know about the situation, the Daily Record has explained some of the main concerns you may face if due to head on holiday today.
On Monday, August 28, a technical fault impacted air traffic control's flight planning system which is used to manage UK airspace. The issue resulted in travel restrictions.
While the UK airspace was not completely shut down, there were huge limits placed on flights for safety reasons. This affected flights both travelling to and from the UK, as well as those travelling to other destinations over the UK airspace.
The issue has now been resolved, however, the backlog of flights has resulted in long delays and even cancellations into today - Tuesday, August 29.
A statement from Nats said: “We have identified and remedied the technical issue affecting our flight planning system this morning. We are now working closely with airlines and airports to manage the flights affected as efficiently as possible. Our engineers will be carefully monitoring the system’s performance as we return to normal operations.”
It added: “The flight planning issue affected the system’s ability to
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