# Passengers describe chaos as hundreds more UK flights are cancelled

https://mins.news/en/video/51550

- BBC News, 2026-09-09 15:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxwtQ_vNrW4

> More than 300 flights were cancelled at UK airports on Wednesday after a technical problem at air traffic control disrupted services the previous day. Cirium said about 1,750 flights were cancelled on Tuesday, affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers. Nats apologised, and its boss Martin Rolfe said there would be an investigation.

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