Swiss airspace, due to computer failure, "closed until further notice"

According to the ATS-Kistone agency, international flights to Switzerland have been diverted to the airport in Milan, in the north of Italy.

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Swiss airspace is "closed until further notice" due to a computer malfunction, the air traffic control service Skyguide announced this morning.

"Skyguide, the Swiss air traffic control service, experienced a technical failure in the early hours of the morning, as a result of which the Swiss airspace was closed to traffic for security reasons," Skyguide said in a statement.

The company has not released details about the outage.

According to the agency ATS-Kistone, international flights to Switzerland have been diverted to the airport in Milan, in the north of Italy.

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