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Thousands of Passengers Stranded At Heathrow Airport, As UK Shuts Down Airspace

There is tension in the United Kingdom as thousands of passengers are stranded after air space was shut down, ENigeria Newspaper reports.

Most of the stranded passengers across the United Kingdom and beyond who were terrified and found themselves in the middle of chaos took to social media to share the current situation status on Monday morning.

ENigeria Newspaper gathered some of the reactions from Several passengers who took to social media to say they were stuck on planes on the tarmac waiting to take off on what is a busy travel day due to Monday’s public holiday in parts of Britain.

Meanwhile, in a statement released by Britain’s National Air Traffic Controllers based in Swanwick Hampshire, it said their system failed.
“We are aware of reports that UK airspace is experiencing delays due to technical difficulties in the UK air traffic control system”, NATS says in the statement reproduced below.

“We are currently experiencing a technical issue and have applied traffic flow restrictions to maintain… pic.twitter.com/IJYAwIhJbL
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) August 28, 2023.

Stranded flights at Heathrow…

“Engineers are working to find and the fix the fault. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause,” it said.
It remains unclear how long it would take to fix.

Journalist Gabby Logan also said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that she was on a plane on a runway at Budapest airport, and had “just been told UK airspace is shut”, adding “we could be here for 12 hours”.

Scottish airline Loganair said on X that there remains a network-wide failure of UK air traffic control computer systems.
More information to follow soon.

Desmond Ike-Chima

Desmond Ike-Chima is an award-winning investigative journalist with a proven track record of journalistic excellence. With over a decade of experience, great storytelling skills, a nose for the truth as well as an excellent track record as a staff reporter and editor in multiple print and digital media platforms in Nigeria, before founding his ENigeria Newspaper – a tabloid print online publication founded in 2008, it suffices to say, Desmond Ike-Chima is well grounded in the media. Ike-Chima whose investigative works and news reporting style are fashioned towards a common goal centered on using journalism as a tool to checkmate public officeholders; has published several controversial reports that got him into trouble several times with powerful and corrupt individuals in our society. A victim of blackmail by corrupt corporate entities whose unscrupulous and nefarious dealings he has exposed via his publication, ENigeria Newspaper, Ike-Chima has also suffered a series of harassment from men of the Nigeria Police and other security agencies countless times for discharging his professional duties. Audacious, courageous, dogged, blunt, and principled with zero tolerance for insincerity are some ways to best describe Desmond Ike-Chima. A new media aficionado and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) enthusiast, with in-depth knowledge of Nigeria Entertainment. Ike-Chima is finicky about creating and publishing content on YouTube and other digital media platforms... He loves traveling, photography and exploring new grounds always.

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