Courtesy of ZeroHedge. View original post here.
Submitted by Tyler Durden.
Update: John McClane appears to have arrived on the scene:
UPDATE NATS announcing Airspace is open. Restricting traffic volumes in accordance with capability. Live traffic: http://t.co/wi8XdHpV3I
— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) December 12, 2014
UPDATE Many planes are in holding pattern over the channel. Live traffic: http://t.co/wi8XdHpV3I pic.twitter.com/WN08MEHqfj
— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) December 12, 2014
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A computer failure is affecting London airspace with potentially severe #flightdelay http://t.co/21rtiLnmr8
— EUROCONTROL (@eurocontrol) December 12, 2014
As Bloomberg reports,
- *LONDON AIRSPACE AFFECTED BY COMPUTER FAILURE: EUROCONTROL
- *HEATHROW SAYS FLIGHTS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING DELAYS
- *LUTON AIRPORT CITES POWER OUTAGE AT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER
UPDATE:
- *NATS CONFIRMS TECHNICAL PROBLEM REPORTED AT SWANWICK CENTER
- *NATS SAYS INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAM HAS BEEN MOBILISED
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Heathrow has become a parking lot…
- *EUROCONTROL WARNS OF “POTENTIALLY SEVERE” LONDON FLIGHT DELAYS
- *ALL LONDON AIRSPACE CLOSED, EUROCONTROL SAYS
And flight delays are already spreading…
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BREAKING Power outage at control center affecting London airspace. Watch live traffic: http://t.co/wi8XdHpV3I pic.twitter.com/KbpPE87YBe
— AirLive.net (@airlivenet) December 12, 2014
How can planes land without ATC? pic.twitter.com/YEni2AYrbP
— MineForNothing (@minefornothing) December 12, 2014
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Is the BTFD computer too busy to handle air traffic control too?