Absolutely nobody will be surprised this happened on a bank holiday Monday when 3,049 flights were due to depart UK airports, and a further 3,054 flights scheduled to arrive
There’s a scene in the very funny and gloriously un-PC 1980 disaster spoof film Airplane! where manic control tower worker Johnny pulls out a plug and all the runway lights go off just as the hero and heroine are about to land the plane in the dark.
Presumably at some point we’ll find out what exactly caused this UK-wide air traffic control shambles.
But whether it’s hackers, spilled coffee on a keyboard or some clumsy idiot has tripped over a cable and yanked something important out of a socket in National Air Traffic Services HQ, you can add it to the ever-growing list of You Could Not Make It Up British travel calamities.
Absolutely NOBODY will be surprised this happened on a bank holiday Monday when 3,049 flights were due to depart UK airports and a further 3,054 flights scheduled to arrive, making a total of more than a million passenger seats.