Is Birmingham Airport closed? All flights to major UK airport suspended after ATC failure - latest update
Arrival flights to Birmingham Airport were halted overnight due to an ATC failure.
A power outage, caused by bad weather, at a National Air Traffic Service's (NATS) radar site suspended arrivals to Birmingham Airport overnight. Over 20 flights bound for the airport were cancelled, diverted or delayed - with several flights suffering delays of over four hours.
The radar which serves Birmingham Airport was restored shortly before 1.30am on Monday. This means the airport is open and operating as normal today, however there could be delays to flights as a knock-on effect from the incident.
NATS apologised for the disruption and said it was working closely with the airport as it resumed its air traffic service. Engineers from NATS worked with National Grid to resolve the issue, with National Grid saying it responded "to a power cut in Shropshire".
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The technical issue with the NATS radar that serves Birmingham Airport had meant that only departing flights were being allowed to operate. Birmingham Airport also apologised for the disruption.
Multiple flights were diverted to East Midlands Airport and Liverpool's John Lennon Airport. One flight from Amsterdam was airborne for almost an hour, only to return to Amsterdam.