Thousands of passengers flying to and from UK airports faced major disruptions and travel chaos after a rare nationwide ground stop was issued in the US.
The US’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had halted all flights nationwide ‘due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety’.
US aviation regulators lifted the ground stop of all flights across the country after several hours down on Friday following the major communications outage.
It is unclear what the knock-on effect will be for UK passengers travelling today, but there was a scene of ‘real confusion’ at Heathrow last night when a New York-bound British Airways flight had to be diverted.
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