Overview
- All arrivals and departures were suspended around 9:30 a.m. local time after a technical issue hit Air Navigation Solutions, the airport’s air traffic control provider.
- Flights began to restart at about 10:40 a.m., with ANS saying system capability was reinstated and stressing that safety remained the top priority.
- Multiple inbound services diverted to other airports, including a Delta flight from New York that landed in Dublin and several flights routed to Glasgow and Manchester; flight-tracking data indicated at least 11 diversions.
- The airport said the outage was a localised issue and not related to the separate Cloudflare problems affecting websites, and NATS offered support to affected airlines.
- Passengers were advised to check with airlines as cancellations and rolling delays continued, with some departures having waited on the tarmac for up to two hours.