{"id":26910,"date":"2026-09-21T10:21:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T10:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=26910"},"modified":"2026-09-21T10:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T10:21:37","slug":"delays-at-uks-manchester-airport-over-air-traffic-control-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=26910","title":{"rendered":"Delays at UK&#8217;s Manchester Airport over air traffic control failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134386348,imgsize-90116,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/file-photo_-an-airplane-of-vietjet-airline-and-vietnam-airlines-airplane-taxi-at-noi-bai-international-airport-in-hanoi.jpg\" alt=\"Delays at UK's Manchester Airport over air traffic control failure\" title=\"Airports south of Manchester, including those serving London, were \u201cbroadly unaffected\u201d\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Airports south of Manchester, including those serving London, were \u201cbroadly unaffected\u201d\">Airports south of Manchester, including those serving London, were \u201cbroadly unaffected\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Flights in and out of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England were disrupted on Monday following a technical issue affecting air traffic control systems.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>NATS, formerly known as National Air Traffic Services, said engineers were investigating the problem at its Prestwick centre in Scotland. <!-- -->Airports south of Manchester, including those serving London, were \u201cbroadly unaffected\u201d, although flights heading north and departures from Scottish airports faced some delays.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>NATS said the disruption was unrelated to the software glitch that caused more than 2,000 flight cancellations across the UK two weeks ago. That incident led to calls for chief executive Martin Rolfe to step down.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>EasyJet said the latest disruption \u201conce again, calls into question the resilience of NATS\u2019 systems\u201d, while British Airways described it as \u201cdisappointing\u201d after \u201cyet another technical fault\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The UK government owns 49% of NATS, making it the largest shareholder and giving it veto powers over key decisions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/uk\/uk-flights-hit-technical-issue-scotland-north-england-disrupted\/articleshow\/134386300.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airports south of Manchester, including those serving London, were \u201cbroadly unaffected\u201d Flights in and out of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England were disrupted on Monday following a technical issue affecting air traffic control systems.NATS, formerly known as National Air Traffic Services, said engineers were investigating the problem at its Prestwick centre in Scotland. 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