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A technical issue in the UK’s air traffic control system disrupted flights at major airports, grounding over 600 flights and leaving thousands of passengers facing delays and long queues. The National Air Traffic Services said the issue was fixed, but disruption may continue.

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Even X won't allow me to offer bribes to follow me1 month ago

Amazing this incident coincided with UK’s announcement of sanctions against West Bank Settlements

Nichola1 month ago

This is no coincidence

denty1 month ago

Mossad

🤣🤣🤣me🤣🤣🤣1 month ago

Israel hacking the system. 🤬

Greydiplomet1 month ago

You know who 😂😂

knight king1 month ago

Just after the zionist 🐖 🐷 punishment??? Seriously???

Fortas Abdeldjalil1 month ago

@BourAbdelhadi maktoubek a sahbi 😅 I hope everything is well with you

Feizal jumma. mj1 month ago

Same shit happen 😪 with 🇪🇸 stains rail system!! Timing is suspect !! Ukraine just announced sanctions against the zionist state 😳 wount be surprised 😮

ShadowAguy1 month ago

ironic how the sky's most advanced system still crashes like a windows 95 update

Aisha Rahman1 month ago

Watching the UK’s air traffic system buckle again makes you wonder how other countries with high traffic volumes manage similar single points of failure.

The Rest O Lab1 month ago

Israel done it as UK sanctions

Swikriti1 month ago

⚠️ Another difficult day for UK travellers: 177 flights cancelled as the fallout from the NATS failure continues. #UKFlights #NATS #FlightDelays #TravelAlert

karunesh arya1 month ago

Emirates airlines behaved irresponsibly by diverting to dusseldof and left people stranded with no food and accommodation! Thanks to German authorities they at 2 am issued temporary entry into dusseldof for a day! Airlines didn’t even bother and 150 people really under stress

Dave1 month ago

Putin

Holy Warrior1 month ago

Didn't take israel long to retaliate for the sanctions

Sam’s Son1 month ago

Every single time: 08-2023: 07-2025: 09-2026

Sorgine Gorri1 month ago

You know who always plays dirty...

jade islander 🌎 🇵🇸 ✌️ ❤️1 month ago

west used to call it muddleeast , now we are watching muddlewest

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