The Papers: 'Air traffic out of control' and 'RAF to help Saudis'

Image caption, British air traffic is "out of control", writes the Metro, after a second glitch to the control system this month grounded "thousands" of flights. Now, it says airline chiefs are calling for the boss of the National Air Traffic Services (Nats) to be sacked. Transport secretary Heidi Alexander has called the outage "deeply frustrating". Also on the Metro's front page, "Cindy's agony" as Presley Gerber, son of supermodel Cindy Crawford, has died aged 27.
Image caption, The lead story for the Telegraph is Prime Minister Andy Burnham's decision to send "RAF to help Saudis" against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen. The PM said he had agreed to give refuelling support to Saudi jets on advice from Defence Secretary Wes Streeting and Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband.
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