Published 3 months ago

Air traffic control: NATS 'not ruling out anything' after glitch causes widespread disruption

The chief executive of National Air Traffic Services (NATS) is unable to reveal the cause of the recent air traffic control glitch that affected thousands of passengers, but a French airline misfiling its flight plan is suspected as the potential cause. NATS denies any indication of a cyber attack being the cause.
The glitch resulted in the cancellation of at least 281 flights across the UK's six busiest airports, affecting around a quarter of a million people. EasyJet has announced repatriation flights and the use of larger aircraft on key routes to alleviate the disruption.
British athletes were stranded in Budapest due to the flight chaos, while frustrated holidaymakers described their experiences of being stranded without essential medication and enduring long delays at airports.

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News18 India

UK: 'Incorrect' Flight Data Cause of Air Traffic Control Chaos

Massive disruption in UK flights due to incorrect flight data causing cancellations and delays. Air traffic control assures normalcy and investigates the issue

3 months ago·India

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The Independent

Flight data received by air traffic services ’caused air traffic control fault’

There are no indications that the failure was caused by a cyber-attack, according to National Air Traffic Services (Nats).

3 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Hindustan Times

Caused by ‘incorrect’ flight data: Latest updates on UK air traffic chaos

UK Air Traffic Chaos: Reiterating UK government’s previous statement, the air traffic control boss said that it was not caused by a cyber-attack.

3 months ago·New Delhi, India

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Manchester Evening News

Flight data glitch ’caused air traffic control chaos'

Back-up systems responded by suspending automatic processing of information to ensure air traffic controllers couldn't receive the wrong data, according to the boss of air traffic control in the UK

3 months ago·Manchester, United Kingdom

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Wales Online

Air traffic control blames disruptions on inbound 'flight data'

Initial investigations have found that the massive failure of air traffic control's systems was caused by incoming flight data, which caused its systems to suspend its automatic processing.

3 months ago

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Shropshire Star

Flight data received by air traffic services ’caused air traffic control fault’

The air traffic control failure which led to a spate of flight cancellations was caused by flight data received by National Air Traffic Services (Nats), with both primary and back-up systems responding by suspending automatic processing, chief executive Martin Rolfe said.

3 months ago·Ketley, United Kingdom

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