Belgian flights halted after air traffic power fault


  • World
  • Thursday, 28 May 2015

The traffic control tower is seen in the background past a row of aircrafts on the tarmac at Zaventem international airport near Brussels, Belgium, May 27, 2015. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - More than 200 flights in and out of Belgium were cancelled or diverted on Wednesday after a power surge disabled the operations of Belgocontrol, the domestic air traffic controller.

At Brussels Zaventem, the country's main airport, queues formed at the desk of Brussels Airlines, the national airline, as passengers sought to re-book flights.

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