Thousands of holidaymakers are experiencing travel chaos after a 'technical issue' caused all flights out of the UK to be temporarily grounded.
Several major airports were forced to halt operations due to a technical glitch at a National Air Traffic Services (NATS) control centre that left dozens of planes stranded on the tarmac.
NATS refused to rule out that hostile foreign action or hackers could be behind the incident, adding it was a 'radar-related issue' that was resolved by quickly switching to a back-up system.
By the time the system was 'fully operational' again, thousands of passengers were already facing delays of up to five hours, while more than 150 flights to and from the UK were cancelled.
Furious passengers were forced to put their holidays on hold after months of planning, while others feared missing out on their loved ones' weddings as a result of the unknown issue.
