Nearly two hundred more flights have been cancelled across British airports on Wednesday as the knock-on effects of Tuesday's air traffic control failure continue to strand passengers and leave aircraft out of position.
More than a thousand flights were grounded on Tuesday after the National Air Traffic Services — known as NATS — suffered a technical failure in its flight data processing system, with Heathrow among the worst-hit airports.
Airlines including British Airways and Ryanair have called for the resignation of NATS chief executive Martin Rolfe, saying the system is not fit for purpose.
Olly Barratt reports from London.
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Olly Barratt in London says Tuesday's failure was the third major NATS outage in three years, intensifying pressure on the organisation's leadership.
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Reporter Olly Barratt in London says airlines are furious and want to know why there appears to be no adequate failsafe when the air traffic control system goes down.
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