Wizz Air: Thousands of air passengers diverted from Luton to airports including Doncaster Sheffield airport due to power failure

Doncaster Sheffield Airport has seen an influx of passengers today after flights have been re-directed there.
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Travel journalist Simon Calder tweeted this morning: “3,000 passengers heading for Luton this morning have turned up in some surprising locations after a power failure knocked out air-traffic control arrival navigation aids.

"Wizz Air diverted some inbound flights to Doncaster, Liverpool and Beauvais in France!”

We have contacted Doncaster Sheffield Airport and Wizz Air for further details and we will bring them to you as soon as we can.

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