1000 flights cancelled, more than 5 airlines, including British Airways and easyJet affected

In Britain, 1000 flights were cancelled on Tuesday due to a technical glitch in the air traffic control system. Flight monitoring website FlightDar24 reported this. Britain's National Air Traffic Service said the problem was affecting the takeoff of flights. The flight system is slowly returning to normal. FlighterDar24 said on X that flights of several airlines, including British Airways, easyJet, KLM and Lufthansa, have been affected. Some flights to London's Heathrow, Stansted and City Airports, as well as Manchester, Birmingham, Scotland and other airports in the UK, have also been affected. EasyJet's flights affected across Europe Budget airline easyJet said some of its flights could not be operated. According to the company, a glitch in the system caused delays in its flights across Europe. Heathrow Airport's website showed many short-haul flights to different cities in Europe on Tuesday. However, its impact on flights to and from the airport was not seen. It is not yet clear what caused the technical glitch in the air traffic control system. Ryanair demands resignation of CEO of traffic control service Ryanair has demanded the resignation of Martin Rolfe, the CEO of Britain's air traffic control service NATS. According to the company, more than 65,000 of its passengers were affected due to the failure of the system. Ryanair COO Neil McMahon said that the situation has not changed even after three years of NATS' major system failure in 2023. He said that passengers had to endure delays of up to 8 hours today, due to the failure of NATS' vital air traffic control system. On the other hand, British Airways said that the fault in the air traffic control system was out of its complete control and that it was trying to rectify the situation. ------------------- also read this news... IndiGo pilot's health deteriorates in the air thousands of feet: Smoke alarm sounds on Air India plane as passengers cling to the ceiling; Emergency landing in Lucknow The pilot of an IndiGo flight from Doha, Qatar to Bengaluru suddenly fell ill on Thursday. After this, the flight had to be diverted to Muscat. The plane made a safe landing amid a medical emergency. Read the full news...