European air traffic control system failure causes widespread flight disruptions

A major systems failure at Eurocontrol, Europe’s central air traffic management organisation based in Brussels, is causing significant disruption to flights across the continent. Israel’s airport authority warned on Monday that the outage is expected to result in substantial delays for both departing and arriving flights at Israeli airports in the coming hours. The organisation has not yet provided an estimated timeline for resolving the technical issue. Travellers are being advised to expect considerable delays on international routes until normal operations resume. Eurocontrol oversees air traffic control for much of Europe and manages flight plans and airspace usage across the region, making any system failure a major headache for airlines and passengers across the continent.

Source: Walla News — Original article in Hebrew.