Birmingham Airport Closed due to 'ATC Failure'

Birmingham Airport has been forced to divert all flights and also suspend all departing aircraft due to a ‘major ATC failure’.Here is a link below with more information:
BBC News - Birmingham Airport: Services halted amid air traffic control fault

I will keep you updated as it is very vague at the moment!

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A spokesman said: “We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. We apologise for the inconvenience this is causing to our passengers.”
Flights are expected to be affected until 22:00 GMT, air traffic management organisation Eurocontrol said.
It added that the fault was due to a failure of the electronic flight plan system.
Source- BBC News

It’s opened again. A jet2 is currently landing now

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