Gabby Logan frustrated as air traffic failure leaves her stranded on Budapest flight to UK
Gabby Logan has discovered herself caught up within the large flight delays attributable to the air traffic management failure.
On Financial institution Vacation Monday (28 August), tons of of hundreds of airline passengers travelling to and from the UK confronted potential delays and cancellations due to the system error.
One such passenger is TV persona Logan, who was on her manner residence from Budapest when her flight, which she had boarded, was grounded.
Writing on X/Twitter, Logan mentioned: “On a aircraft on the runway at Budapest airport. After nearly three weeks away from residence, I’m hours from hugging my household. And have simply been informed UK airspace is shut.”
She continued: “We may very well be right here for 12 hours. So we sit on the aircraft and wait.
Logan has been in Hungary masking the World Athletics Championships. She adopted up her preliminary tweet by quipping: “Now regretting my choice to miss breakfast.”
NATS, the nationwide air traffic controllers, mentioned in a press release in regards to the failure: “We’re at the moment experiencing a technical subject and have utilized traffic circulation restrictions to preserve security.
“Engineers are working to discover and the repair the fault. We apologise for any inconvenience this will likely trigger.”
The Impartial understands that the principle management system belonging to Nats, the nationwide air-traffic service, has failed. The organisation relies at Swanwick in Hampshire.
Aircrafts on the bottom are being held whereas planes already within the air are doubtless to be diverted to airports on the continent.
Gabby Logan caught on flight residence to UK due to air traffic management failure
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