This afternoon, shows we are almost at 15-70% of this afternoon, shows we are almost at 15 70% of total arrivals and departures to the uk today that have been cancelled 15 17%. and as he mentioned before, that ll be a gradual catch up of the data as the delays turned in the cancellations. if we look into the airport situation, we ve been particularly keen on the london airports. today,. they ve had the most aircraft going in and out today. it s hard to avoid that the most significant impact has been on heathrow. so as of az30pm uk time today, they ve had a cancellation of about 21% of its arriving and depart week dust a parting traffic. followed by gatwick, anywhere between 30 60 cancellations. it s worth her memory got smaller airports have a lower traffic
A statement from the national air traffic service says. monday marks the close of a holiday weekend here in the uk, so it s usually a very busy day for flights. clearing the delay of flight backlogs is now a big issue. airports across the country are currently facing delays and cancellations. airports in edinburgh, manchester, birmingham, and several airports in london, including heathrow, gatwick and luton, all confirmed they were affected by the system outage. a short while ago, the home secretary, suella braverman, spoke about the situation. what we do know is that there has. been a national outage at nationally control and this has affected uk airspace, it will affect all incoming and outgoing flights and those aircraft. which are in the uk airspace right now. i
Of relief now the issue has at least been identified? while yes, nancy, it s aood been identified? while yes, nancy, it s good news been identified? while yes, nancy, it s good news and been identified? while yes, nancy, it s good news and bad been identified? while yes, nancy, it s good news and bad news, - been identified? while yes, nancy, it s good news and bad news, isn t| it s good news and bad news, isn t it? the good news is that national air traffic service has identified and remedied that technical issue. but the bad news is the damage has already been done, and the knock on effect is likely to take quite a while to sort out because there are delays and cancellations affecting passengers. there are some passengers. there are some passengers still trying to figure out how they can get back to where they need to be. nowjust to give you an idea, here at heathrow airport, it s the busiest airport in the country and the biggest, as well. over the afternoon i ve been here, we
It s worth remembering, so it s relatively high. it’s it s worth remembering, so it s relatively high. it s interesting, heathrow being relatively high. it s interesting, heathrow being so relatively high. it s interesting, heathrow being so significantlyj heathrow being so significantly affected. but in terms of the aftermath, if we can call it that, i m sure he doesn t feel like an aftermath, passengers are still stranded, what does that look like to you? is there any indication of how long these disruptions can go on? ~ ., how long these disruptions can go on? .,,,y how long these disruptions can go on? .y on? well, we don t necessarily - we don t have on? well, we don t necessarily - we don t have a on? well, we don t necessarily - we don t have a position on? well, we don t necessarily - we don t have a position to on? well, we don t necessarily - we don t have a position to come - on? well, we don t necessarily - we don t have a position to come up - don t have a
Britton s busiest airport, i m here at britton s busiest airport, heathrow, which like airports across the country now faces the mammoth meant that micro logistical challenge of clearing the backlog of flights and getting stranded passengers back home. spain prosecutors open a preliminary sex abuse probe over luis rubiales kiss. an urgent meeting of the football federation is under way. and a us federaljudge sets the 4th of march for donald trump s trial date on charges related to trying to overturn the 2020 election. hello, i m nancy kacungira, welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. britain s national air traffic service says a technical issue which hit its systems, causing hundreds of flights to be delayed or cancelled, has now been fixed. but the knock on effects are substantial.