On November 6, 2025, a technical glitch in the Air Traffic Control (ATC) messaging system at Delhi Airport caused delays and cancellations of 46 flights. Teams from Airports Authority of India (AAI), Air Navigation Services (ANS), and Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) worked to resolve the issue, with ECIL deploying additional manpower. ATC staff managed flight operations manually. Union Civil Aviation Minister Shri Rammohan Naidu, accompanied by Secretary (MoCA) Shri Samir Kumar Sinha, Chairman (AAI) Shri Vipin Kumar, and senior officials, visited the Delhi ANS Centre at 10 PM on November 7. The Minister directed ECIL CMD to deploy more manpower and more ATC staff at Delhi Airport to support manual operations. The system was fully restored to automatic mode by the afternoon of November 8. Shri Rammohan Naidu visited the ATC Tower in the evening and the Minister directed a detailed root-cause analysis and plans for system advancements, including additional or fallback servers. The article was posted on November 8, 2025, at 10:00 PM by PIB Delhi. The Release ID is 2187933 and the visitor counter is 117.
Key Entities Referenced
Delhi Airport: Location of an Air Traffic Control (ATC) glitch that caused flight delays and cancellations.
Airports Authority of India (AAI): Organization responsible for managing Indian airports and air traffic services; involved in resolving the technical glitch.
Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL): Company that provided technical manpower and support to resolve the ATC system glitch at Delhi Airport.
Air Navigation Services (ANS): Department of the AAI that delivers Air Navigation services; team that worked to identify and rectify the issue.
Ministry of Civil Aviation: The ministry that oversees the civil aviation sector in India, which dispatched the Civil Aviation Minister to review and expedite the restoration efforts.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Union Civil Aviation Minister reviews On-
Ground situation at Delhi ATC towers for quick
resolution of the technical glitch
Posted On: 08 NOV 2025 10:00PM by PIB DelhiA technical glitch in the Air Traffic Control (ATC) messaging system at Delhi Airport occurred on the
afternoon of November 6, 2025. The issue, which continued into the morning of November 7, led to
delays and cancellations of 46 flights.
From the onset, teams from Airports Authority of India (AAI), Air Navigation Services (ANS), and
Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) worked round the clock to identify and rectify the
issue. ECIL promptly deputed additional manpower to assist in the restoration process. During this
period, ATC staff efficiently managed flight operations manually to ensure passenger safety and
minimize inconvenience.
Late in the night on November 7, Union Civil Aviation Minister Shri Rammohan Naidu visited the
Delhi ANS Centre near the airport at 10 PM to review the situation. He was accompanied by
Secretary (MoCA) Shri Samir Kumar Sinha, Chairman (AAI) Shri Vipin Kumar, and senior officials.
The Minister directed the ECIL CMD to deploy additional technical manpower to expedite the
restoration efforts. To minimize passenger inconvenience, the Minister also directed that more ATC
staff be deployed at Delhi Airport to support manual operations and ensure smooth handling of air
traffic during the system downtime.
Owing to the coordinated efforts of ECIL engineers, ATC personnel, and the Ministry’s proactive
monitoring, the system was fully restored to automatic mode by afternoon of November 8 (today).
There were no flight cancellations today owing to the issue.
Later in the evening today, Shri Rammohan Naidu visited the ATC Tower to review normalised
operations and appreciated the commitment of the teams that worked overnight to resolve the issue.
Further, the Minister has directed that a detailed root-cause analysis be undertaken to prevent
recurrence of such glitches in the future. He also instructed officials to plan for more systemadvancements, including additional or fallback servers to strengthen ATC operations.Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu
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Visited the ATC Tower at Delhi Airport today to review
operations after the technical glitch in the ATC messaging
system. Over the past two days, teams from AAI, ANS, and
ECIL worked tirelessly to identify and resolve the issue
while ensuring passenger safety through manual Show
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