All London airspace closed

[Pittsextra]

*all london airspace closed after computer failure: Eurocontrol

[Southside Hangers]

Doesn't look like its ALL closed?


Still aircraft coming in from the East?

[Pittsextra]

https://www.public.nm.eurocontrol.in...pec/index.html

for updates I guess

[Southside Hangers]

Aircraft still making approaches, albeit not many now.


Think parking will be fun...

[Straighten Up]

from where i sit I can see flight(s) still heading in to heathrow - what's the contingency for this sort of situation for aircraft already approaching the London holds? - where would they divert to?

some people are in for a busy afternoon/evening.

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

Yes, they're still packing them in at Heathrow so the airspace is not closed.

[readywhenreaching]

not very comprehensive:
Swanwick technical failure | NATS

[Ampage]

BBC have also posted a direct link to eurocontrol's website.. on the front page of BBC news.

I'd advise you all to refrain from visiting it unless necessary. We don't want their site to fallover due to excess hits. - Which it probably will now.

[Pittsextra]

*london airspace is open; traffic volumes restricted: Nats

[AnglianAV8R]

hilarious reporting

Lovely lady on Sky has just described " A lot of planes coming in, circling over Heathrow, just waiting for more information"

flightradar24 on the screen

[whitelighter]

By 'London' do they mean the TMA or the FIR?

[ZOOKER]

A good case against EASA's plan to reduce the number of ATCCs then.

[Straighten Up]

listening to shannon on liveatc, it appears system reset was successful and london are starting to accept traffic again with restrictions.

[Kelly Hopper]

Sitting in Luton.Odds for a nightstop?

[AnglianAV8R]

Looks like London City may be clogged. Seen a couple of flights divert to Stansted. Logistical nightmare.

[bnt]

They're crediting Plane Finder on the screen. Looking at FlightRadar24, things are starting to move again, some flights departing Heathrow now.

[phiggsbroadband]

16:10 Local... After doing some orbits in the North Sea area, there seems to be a steady stream of descending aircraft above the Thames Estuary.
Also several departures from the London airfields.
c/o Flightradar24.

[ZOOKER]

Just over a year since the last major problem, which was caused by the telephone system on Saturday 07/12/2013,
But all those lovely 'journos' and media types will focus on these 2 days, rather than all the others, on each of which about 7000 aeros have moved about flawlessly.

[readywhenreaching]

a bit of good news:

Following a technical failure at Swanwick, the system has been restored and we are in the process of returning to normal operations.

We apologise for any delays and the inconvenience this may have caused.

Further information will be released as it becomes available.

NATS

[AnglianAV8R]

We're on the move. A BA 747 has just departed LHR for JFK