All air traffic control is being handled manually across the UK as NATS looks to fix technical fault 'as quickly as possible'.
By sending us your video footage/ photographs/ audio you agree we can broadcast, publish and edit the material.European air traffic authority Eurocontrol and Irish air traffic controllers AirNav Ireland both warned of significant delays across Europe.
She posted on X, formerly known as Twitter:"On a plane on the runway at Budapest airport. After almost three weeks away from home I am hours from hugging my family. "The pilots told us that we are in a queue for a gate because all the aircraft giving priority to land can't get away, so everything is stacking up now," he said.The departures board in Barcelona airport showing flights to the UK cancelled or delayed Pic: Brad Sutton
"We're on the tarmac in Palma, Majorca - we got on the plane an hour ago and shortly after we got on the plane, the pilot made an announcement to say it doesn't look like we'll be leaving for a while because there are issues with air traffic control across the whole of the UK. "There's a lot of children on board here, a lot of babies. It's a three-hour flight. I haven't got any food. They've come around and offered water to everyone but that's it at the moment."
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