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UK air traffic control system glitches 2026
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FIRST ENTRY SEP 21
SEP 22 · Day 2
Flight disruptions ease at Newark and Philadelphia airports after equipment outage
More than 100 flights into Newark were forced to divert after the FAA halted traffic into the airport.
A fiber cable break cut air traffic controllers off from key radio and radar feeds on Monday, September 21, 2026.
Newark is a United Airlines hub.
SEP 21 · Day 1
UK air traffic control suffers second glitch causing disruption
Ryanair reiterated its calls for Nats chief Martin Rolfe to resign.
EasyJet was the worst affected airline, with 48 of its 670 scheduled departures cancelled.
EasyJet said Monday's incident calls into question the resilience of the service.