UK air traffic outage prompts regulatory review after airport disruption

The UK’s independent aerospace regulator has been instructed to review an air traffic control system outage that caused disruption at UK airports on Tuesday.

The review follows reported passenger outrage after the outage, with some travellers saying their holidays had been ruined, according to Al Jazeera Global News.

The available material does not identify the affected air traffic control system or specify which airports experienced disruption. It also does not quantify the scale or duration of the travel delays.

No cause for the outage has been provided, and the regulator’s review has not established responsibility. Its terms, timetable and findings have not been disclosed.

The review will examine the incident against a backdrop of disruption at UK airports, but the available information does not indicate that all airports were affected.