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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Dave Burke

Gatwick in meltdown 'every night' as easyJet warns travel chaos 'hasn't peaked yet'

Gatwick Airport is suffering a "meltdown every night" due to staff shortages in the air traffic control tower, insiders have revealed.

The lack of staff means bosses have repeatedly been forced to put restrictions on the number of flights arriving and taking off from the UK's second largest airport, according to reports.

At one point last week the number of arrivals per hour was slashed from 34 to 22, piling misery on passengers.

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