40% of their current flight at the Orli Airport Paris In France, airlines were invited to cancel. The reason seems to be damage to the air traffic control system,
About 130 flights were canceled, half of which were departed from airport of Paris and the others were arrivals.
“Following damage to the Air Traffic Control Systems of the Orli Tower early on Sunday, May 18, 2025, an air traffic regulation imposed a significant reduction in the number of flights,” said the Civil Aviation Directorate, DGAC, ” End of the day. “
‘It’s about Radar damage“, Said a source at the airport at the French Agency.
‘Technical groups of the Directorate -General for Civil Aviation have been fully mobilized to Restored harm as soon as possible“, He explained.
#Orly, delays and flight cancellations are expected. Get closer to your airline for more information. https://t.co/KSCNK4afuQ
– Paris Airport (@parisaeroport) May 18, 2025
According to social media users, flight cancellations were made at the last minute without giving instructions on what the passengers do later.
DGAC is not currently able to report when the regularity is expected to come back to the airport and if Disorders may continue tomorrow, Monday. This incident comes a few weeks after The Catholic Blackout in Spain that – among other things – made planes at airports causing a huge problem all over the globe.
At the Paris Orli Airport, located 10 km south of the capital, they were traded More than 33 million in 2024that is, half of the number of passengers at Paris Charles-de-Gol.