Air traffic glitch spurs UK flight delays

Dozens of trans-Atlantic flights from the United Kingdom were delayed Saturday after a glitch in an air traffic control system in Scotland.

But the problem was fixed a few hours later and authorities were getting flight schedules back to normal.

Engineers found a malfunction Saturday morning in the system that controls the airspace across the Atlantic Ocean from Scotland, a statement from the National Air Traffic Services said.

The agency said it had reverted to back-up equipment as engineers worked to fix the problem.

By midday, the agency said, "operations were back to normal" and the agency confirmed it was back operating on a "normal, automated system."