UK Airspace closed

[Diddums 4,346]

Passengers are facing widespread flight disruption after a computer failure at the UK's air traffic control centre.

Nats confirmed a "technical problem" at its Swanwick control centre in Hampshire and said airspace remained opened but restricted.

It said "every possible action" was being taken to resolve the issue.

Heathrow reported delays and Gatwick said all its departing flights had been grounded. Other UK airports reported knock-on effects.

• At Heathrow Airport flights are "currently experiencing delays" and planes could be turned away
• Incoming flights to Gatwick are continuing to land and flights are now departing after being grounded earlier
• Stansted say it is currently working with Nats to find out how it will affect the airport

One source told the BBC the problem was caused by a computer glitch that co-ordinates the flights coming into London and puts the flights in sequence as they come into land or take off.

He described it as a "flight planning tool problem".

 

 

Sauce?

 

 

And here's a live map of the airspace above the UK.

[tronic44 3,642]

Well we can't run a train system in this country so fuck knows how we keep the plane shiz together. If it's anything like the trains then it's really probably down to there being leaves on the track......we have hench leaves in this country

 

Doesn't fill you full of confidence that these glitches can occur and there's, or doesn't seem like there's, a back up for the whole thing

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Airspace is now slowly reopening with a backlog.

 

Our reliance in this world on computers and general technology is just too dependent these days and one day; something of a travesty could occur in the world because of it. 

 

The only thing that seems overly-reliant yet almost flawless is hospitals. The aviation industry has been a farce for years with tech making things so easy; they aren't prepared and people aren't trained if something like this goes wrong.