
Disagi e ritardi negli aeroporti britannici e irlandesi a causa di un guasto ai sistemi NATS
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NATS è il principale fornitore di servizi di controllo del traffico aereo nel Regno Unito.
"Abbiamo individuato il problema nel nostro sistema di elaborazione dei voli. I nostri tecnici sono sul posto e stanno lavorando con urgenza per ripristinare le normali operazioni il prima possibile", ha dichiarato NATS, il principale fornitore di servizi di controllo del traffico aereo del Regno Unito, in un comunicato. "I voli continuano a partire e lo spazio aereo è aperto, ma il ripristino richiederà del tempo", è stato spiegato ancora. Heathrow, il principale hub britannico, ha dichiarato di voler collaborare a stretto contatto con NATS per cercare di risolvere il problema il più rapidamente possibile. L'aeroporto di Edimburgo ha comunicato che il problema potrebbe avere un impatto dirette sulle operazioni di volo. Anche l'aeroporto di Dublino, in Irlanda, ha segnalato di aver subito disagi ai voli in partenza e in arrivo.
La conferma della situazione arriva anche dal portale Flightradar24, secondo cui almeno dieci aeroporti del Regno Unito stanno subendo disagi di varia entità a causa del problema risocntrato in queste ore. Tra questi figurano l'aeroporto internazionale di Aberdeen, l'aeroporto di Edimburgo, l'aeroporto di Manchester, l'aeroporto di Nottingham East Midlands, l'aeroporto di Birmingham, l'aeroporto di Bristol e, come detto, gli aeroporti di Londra Stansted, Gatwick, Heathrow e City.
La ministra dei Trasporti, Heidi Alexander, ha confermato che si sta lavorando per riparare il guasto. "So che sarà frustrante per i passeggeri e mi dispiace", ha scritto in un post su X.

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