00:00Passengers traveling to and from the UK faced severe disruptions on Tuesday after a technical
00:05glitch affected air traffic control systems.
00:09More than 1,300 flights were cancelled, according to Flightradar24, affecting airports including
00:15Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham.
00:20NATS said it had identified a technical issue with its flight processing system and later
00:25confirmed the problem had been resolved.
00:28But disruptions continued as airlines and airports worked to clear the backlog.
00:33Heathrow suspended arrivals for the remainder of the day while departures resumed with disruption
00:39expected to continue.
00:41Flights were also effected at Luton, Stansted, Liverpool and Edinburgh as well as Dublin Airport
00:47in Ireland.
00:49Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander welcomed the resolution but said it would take time for
00:54flights to fully resume, urging passengers to continue checking with their airlines.
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