{"id":377214,"date":"2026-09-09T19:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/passengers-describe-chaos-as-hundreds-more-flights-cancelled-across-uk-airports-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T19:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:00:27","slug":"passengers-describe-chaos-as-hundreds-more-flights-cancelled-across-uk-airports-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/passengers-describe-chaos-as-hundreds-more-flights-cancelled-across-uk-airports-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Passengers describe chaos as hundreds more flights cancelled across UK airports | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZxwtQ_vNrW4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Passengers describe chaos as hundreds more flights cancelled across UK airports | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZxwtQ_vNrW4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Images have shown passengers sleeping on airport floors as more than 300 flights were cancelled on Wednesday after Tuesday\u2019s technical problem at air traffic control.<\/p>\n<p>Some 1,750 flights were cancelled on Tuesday, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium, with hundreds of thousands of passengers affected by the chaos.<\/p>\n<p>Nats, the air traffic control provider, has apologised for the issue &#8211; the firm&#8217;s boss Martin Rolfe says there will be an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham&#8217;s spokesman says the government has confidence in Rolfe and they&#8217;re expecting to see a report into the issue in a week&#8217;s time.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#Flights #Travel #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Images have shown passengers sleeping on airport floors as more than 300 flights were cancelled on Wednesday after Tuesday\u2019s technical problem at air traffic control. 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