Because of a technical failure with air traffic control no departures or landings are possible at Brussels Airport till 14.00h. This is a nation wide problem. Belgian Air traffic Controller Belgocontrol does its utmost best to restart the installations as quickly as possible.
This electrical failure causes a lot of delays. A number of flights has been diverted to airports in the neighbourhood.
14:10 A gradual restarting of the air traffic control systems has started, some flights to/from Brussels
147 cancellations & 32 diversions (20,000 passengers) due to ATC technical problem
12:36
Belgocontrol restarting systems
12:02
Brussels FIR closure now extended to 15:30 UTC, 17:30 local time
11:50
109 cancelled flights – 25 diverted
