Control glitch grounds flights in Britain

THOUSANDS of Irish air passengers saw their flights either cancelled or badly delayed by a massive air traffic control glitch in Britain.

Aer Lingus was forced to cancel 10 flights into and out of Britain yesterday and experienced long delays on 12 others including a number where flights were due to fly to through British airspace from Ireland to Europe.

Ryanair was also experiencing lengthy delays but was unavailable to confirm how many of its flights, if any, had to be cancelled.