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BREAKING London Airspace Closed Amid Computer Failure
All airspace over London has been closed due to a computer failure, it has emerged. Heathrow said there were delays due to a power outage at the NATS air traffic control centre in Swanwick. NATS confirmed there was a technical problem at Swanwick. Watch live traffic over Heathrow: heathrow.airlive.net
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