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Flights resume at Gatwick after airport hit by technical issue | Flights resume at Gatwick after airport hit by technical issue |
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Britain's second-busiest airport Gatwick has resumed flights after they were suspended due to an air traffic control system problem. | Britain's second-busiest airport Gatwick has resumed flights after they were suspended due to an air traffic control system problem. |
As of 7:10pm local time flights have resumed, the airport said on Twitter. | |
The European air safety organization Eurocontrol, however, almost simultaneously issued a tweet stating that both arrivals and departures from the airport will be unavailable until 10pm due to an “electronic flight processing failure.” | |
Eurocontrol clarified its statement moments later, saying that Gatwick has actually started a “recovery phase,” that is expected to take “some time.” | |
Gatwick Airport suffered major disruption last December, when the facility was plagued by repeated drone sightings during Christmas week. Flights were suspended for over 30 hours, affecting some 140,000 passengers. | |
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