Airlines are attempting to recover their flight operations after an air traffic control (ATC) fault caused major disruption on Wednesday afternoon.ATC provider Nats said its engineers have "restored the system that was affected" and it is "in the process of resuming normal operations".The technical glitch affected flights across the UK as the number of aircraft which could fly in England and Wales was restricted, the company said.It has left many aircraft and flight crew out of position.

Airlines are attempting to recover their flight operations after an air traffic control (ATC) fault caused major disruption on Wednesday afternoon.ATC provider Nats said its engineers have "restored the system that was affected" and it is "in the process of resuming normal operations".The technical glitch affected flights across the UK as the number of aircraft which could fly in England and Wales was restricted, the company said.It has left many aircraft and flight crew out of position.