A HUGE power outage has caused severe delays and flight diversions at a major UK airport.
Birmingham Airport has had to halt all arrivals and delay flights, effecting many travellers and tourists.
The National Air Traffic Service has apologised for the disruption explaining that poor weather conditions caused the power outage.
This comes after Storm Goretti has brought gusts of almost 100mph and a rare red warning from the Met Office for “dangerous, stormy” winds earlier this week.
Engineers are said to be working with the national grid to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.
Only departing planes are allowed to fly from the airport, while inbound flights have been suspended and diverted to other airports.
Twelve lights have been delayed and nine flights either cancelled or diverted with several flights delayed for over four hours.
A spokesperson said: “Due to a technical issue with NATS’ radar that serves Birmingham Airport, only departing flights are currently operating, with some delays.
“All arriving flights are currently suspended.
“We apologise for the delay to customers, and we are working closely with NATS to rectify the issue.”
