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Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Friday evening said the technical issue in the air traffic control's Automatic Message Switching System (AMSS) that had caused flight delays at the Delhi airport has been addressed and that the system "up and functional now".

AAI also said that due to some backlogs, there may be some delays in the normal functioning of automated operations, but the situation will be normal soon.

The state-owned AAI said the issue was detected in the IP-based AMSS system on November 6.

More than 800 flights were delayed and some flights were cancelled due to the technical issue with the AMSS, which p

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