Thousands of travellers were left stranded at Gatwick airport on Thursday afternoon (14 September) after some 42 flights were delayed, diverted or cancelled due to a lack of air traffic control (ATC) staff.
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National Air Traffic Services (Nats) was forced to put restrictions in place “due to short-notice staff absence affecting our air traffic control team” at the Sussex airport.
“We are continuing to work closely with the airport to ensure we can help airlines recover their operations as quickly as possible and we apologise very sincerely to everyone who has been inconvenienced,” Nats said in a statement.
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