LONDON: Flights to and from London were severely disrupted on Friday by a technical failure at England's main air traffic control centre that forced authorities to limit access to the country's airspace.
Flights in and out of Heathrow, which calls itself the world's busiest international airport, were halted for at least an hour before it said operations were beginning to resume.
"UK airspace has not been closed, but airspace capacity has been restricted in order to manage the situation," the National Air Traffic Service (NATS) said on its website.
It later said the system had been restored, but that it would take time for operations to fully return to normal. More >>>
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