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| Birmingham Airport: Flights halted amid air traffic control fault | |
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| Flights have been suspended at Birmingham Airport due to an air traffic control fault. | |
| Passengers are being advised to check departures and arrivals as flights are being diverted from the airport. | |
| A spokesman said: "We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. We apologise for the inconvenience this is causing to our passengers." | |
| Flights are expected to be affected until 22:00 GMT, air traffic management organisation Eurocontrol said. | |
| It added that the fault was due to a failure of the electronic flight plan system. | |
| In a statement, Eurocontrol said arrivals were "unavailable" and there were "few flights with high delays". | |
| People due to board flights have reported having to wait for hours and complained of long delays. | |
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