UK air travellers faced more misery on Wednesday with nearly 300 flights scrapped across the country, as Britain’s air traffic control service scrambled to recover from a technical glitch which it ruled out as a cyberattack.After 1,746 flights were cancelled on the first day of the outage on Tuesday, another 291 were axed on Wednesday – the majority to and from London Heathrow, the United Kingdom’s biggest and one of Europe’s busiest airports – according to aviation analytics firm Cirium.“We ended up sitting on our plane for just over five hours,” said Matt Ernster, 28, who was returning to Boston via Heathrow from his honeymoon in Paris on Tuesday.
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Travellers in UK face more chaos after air traffic glitch
UK air travelers experienced significant disruption on Wednesday due to a technical glitch affecting air traffic control. Following 1,746 cancellations on Tuesday, an additional 291 flights were scrapped on Wednesday.
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UK air travelers experienced significant disruption on Wednesday due to a technical glitch affecting air traffic control. Following 1,746 cancellations on Tuesday, an additional 291 flights were scrapped on Wednesday. The majority of these cancellations involved flights to and from London Heathrow, Britain's busiest airport. Britain's air traffic control service is working to recover from the technical issue, which they have stated was not a cyberattack. This ongoing disruption has caused considerable misery for travelers, with some experiencing lengthy delays on aircraft.
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A traveller was delayed on a plane for over five hours returning to Boston via Heathrow.
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The technical glitch was ruled out as a cyberattack.
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1,746 flights were cancelled on Tuesday due to the outage.
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Nearly 300 flights were scrapped across the UK on Wednesday.
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UK air travellers faced significant disruption due to a technical glitch in air traffic control.
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