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Gatwick Airport flights delayed and diverted after fire alarm in air traffic control tower
FLIGHTS have been delayed and diverted at Gatwick Airport after a fire alarm in the air traffic control tower. Staff were ...
Heathrow warned by airlines about power supply days before shutdown
Heathrow Airport was warned about the "resilience" of its power supply in the days before a fire which shut down the airport ...
The New York Times19d
Heathrow Shutdown Shows How Aviation Chaos Can Quickly Spiral
But bigger disruptions like the one at Heathrow can require scrapping ... for example, many air traffic control towers have long suffered from controller shortages. Disruptions, referred to ...
Grounded: The questions Heathrow must answer over fire shutdown
Europe’s busiest airport - on Friday triggered many miserable outcomes after a fire at an electricity substation nearby.The first inevitable consequence: more than 100 inbound flights that were ...
Dayton Daily News19d
A look at some of history's worst air travel disruptions before a fire shut Heathrow
A fire that closed London’s Heathrow Airport has sparked one ... August 2023: UK air traffic control problems A glitch at Britain’s National Air Traffic Services in August 2023 meant flight ...
Irish Sun8d
Gatwick Airport flights delayed and diverted after fire alarm in air traffic control tower
A full statement from Gatwick Airport read: “There are short delays this afternoon following a fire alarm activation in the air traffic control tower ... It comes after Heathrow Airport ...
WTOP News19d
A look at some of history’s worst air travel disruptions before a fire shut Heathrow
LONDON (AP) — A fire that closed London’s Heathrow Airport has sparked ... August 2023: UK air traffic control problems A glitch at Britain’s National Air Traffic Services in August 2023 ...