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British Air Traffic Control Fixes Problem That Delayed Thousands Of Passengers

A problem with Birtish air traffic control has now been fixed, but airlines are still dealing wit...
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21.19 7 Dec 2013


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British Air Traffic Control Fixes Problem That Delayed Thousands Of Passengers

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21.19 7 Dec 2013


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A problem with Birtish air traffic control has now been fixed, but airlines are still dealing with the backlog it's left.

Thousands of travellers had flights cancelled or delayed, in Ireland and the UK, because of today's breakdown.

At Dublin airport alone 16 flights were cancelled and 80 flights delayed up to an hour.

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The fault meant the air traffic control system was stuck on a night-time setting designed for reduced capacity.

These travellers have also been frustrated with how airports and airlines communicated with them:


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