Article updated.
‘No air traffic in Belgium is presently possible due to a method problem in air traffic control. For now, we do not know how long this will take" – it was written on the social platform X.
Airspace over Belgium abruptly closed. The reason was serious.
Spokesperson Skeyes told the local VRT station that around 15 o'clock it became clear that the air traffic control system, utilized to manage Belgium's airspace, was “not functioning properly”.
He added that all aircraft operating in the airspace controlled by Skeyes at that time — up to about 75,000 metres — were diverted to neighbouring countries utilizing a backup system.
Belgium's main airports are in Brussels (Zaventem) and Charleroi, with smaller airports in Antwerp, Liège and Oostende.
