# What caused the UK air traffic outage?

https://mins.news/en/video/51536

- Reuters, 2026-09-09 15:01 UTC
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- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olnsmt01Qu8

> A technical glitch grounded more than 2,000 flights in the UK, stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers and prompting airlines to demand answers from air traffic control.

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