Computer glitch in France delays hundreds of flights beyond

A computer breakdown briefly disrupted all air traffic in France and caused a cascade of delayed flights in multiple countries on Sunday, the last day of European summer holidays.

A spokesman for French civil aviation authority DGAC said the cause of the morning breakdown was still being investigated, hundreds of flights were delayed at airports from Britain to Morocco and beyond. Hours after the problem with a French automatic flight plan system was fixed, schedules still lagged elsewhere.

The problem had “no impact on flight security” and was fixed before midday, allowing traffic to resume, the spokesman said. Under the authority’s rules, he wasn’t authorized to be publicly named.