Military aircraft blamed for UK air traffic control outage that grounded thousands
A military aircraft reportedly entered erroneous flight data into the system, triggering the shutdown that affected hundreds of thousands of passengers.
The air traffic control outage that shut down the National Air Traffic Services (Nats) system for four hours on Tuesday, cancelling more than 2,000 flights across the UK, was caused by a military aircraft entering "spurious" flight data into the system, according to a report.
Hundreds of thousands of passengers were affected by the disruption, which was one of the UK aviation sector's most significant recent incidents.
Sources
- Military aircraft reportedly blamed for UK air traffic control outage — The Guardian — World
EGazette summarizes reporting from multiple sources; follow the links for the originals.
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