Flight delayed. Airspace over southern Norway closed.

This is due to a technical error at the Oslo Control Center, reports Avinor.

– Now the airspace is closed in the whole of southern Norway due to challenges at Røyken. For now, the airspace is closed. We are doing what we can to find the fault and get traffic moving again. It is too early to say when that will happen, says communications manager Cathrine Framholt in Avinor to NTB.

NTB spoke shortly after 6.30 with a passenger who was about to take off from Gardermoen. According to the passenger, the pilot of the plane stated that air traffic control is down all over the country, and that the entire system is paralyzed.

Avinor confirms to NTB that the error occurred a little before 6.30.

– Significant delays are expected. We encourage all travelers to refer to the information they receive from their airline. We apologize for the inconvenience this causes. This is all the information we have at the moment. We will come back with more information, writes Avinor in a press release.

Framholt asks passengers to travel to the airports as usual.

– Do as normal if you do not receive any other message from your airline.

At Flesland, several departures have been postponed. Get an overview of delays in the table below.

Avinor is responsible for 43 state-owned airports as well as the air traffic control service for civil and military aviation in Norway.