All of southern Norway's airspace was closed on Thursday morning due to a technical glitch with Oslo air traffic control. Finnair says its morning flight arrived in Oslo as usual.
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At 10:30 a.m. Finland time, the airspace of southern Norway was reopened to traffic. Air traffic at Norwegian airports has now gradually started.
Norwegian airport company Aviner said the error, discovered in the morning, was still causing significant delays to air traffic. Passengers are advised to follow the instructions of the airlines.
The closure of the airspace is currently affecting flights in particular via Stavanger and Oslo, according to NRK.
They are talking about closing Norwegian airspace, among other things Norwegian media V.G and the Public Broadcasting Corporation NRK
Finnair has not yet been affected
Finnair is monitoring the situation. A Finnair flight that took off from Helsinki on Thursday morning was able to land in Oslo as usual. The next flight from Helsinki is scheduled to leave at 12:00.
– It is not possible to say how long this situation will continue, the spokesperson of Avinar Catherine Fromholt said Thursday morning V.G.
The cause of the technical glitch is not yet known, but Avinor has ruled out the possibility of a data breach.
– There are two systems that do not talk to each other. And we have to close the airspace over the whole of southern Norway, said Avinor's spokesman. Ylva Celius Trulsen Norwegian public broadcaster NRK.
