Published 2 months ago

UK air traffic control chaos prolonged by remote working, review finds

Nearly 750,000 passengers were affected by the August bank holiday air traffic control meltdown.
The review panel criticized Nats for inadequate performance measurement and misinformation about passenger rights.
CAA chief executive Rob Bishton emphasized the need for improvements in the UK's aviation system after the incident.

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BBC News

Flight chaos made worse by engineer delay

August bank holiday disruption was made worse by engineers' inability to fix the issue from home, a report says.

2 months ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Review into UK air traffic control failure finds ‘lack of pre-planning’

Nearly 750,000 passengers were caught up in widespread grounding of flights last August bank holidayAn independent review into the August bank holiday air traffic control meltdown, which affected nearly 750,000 passengers, has highlighted a “significant lack of pre-planning”.Flights were grounded across UK airports on 28 August after the ATC provider National Air Traffic Services (Nats) experienced a technical glitch while processing a flight pl…

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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Irish Independent

Air traffic control engineers were working from home during UK airport glitch affecting flights at Dublin Airport

A review of the August bank holiday air traffic control (ATC) meltdown has highlighted a “significant lack of pre-planning” and engineers being allowed to work from home.

2 months ago·Ireland

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Metro News

Air traffic chaos last summer caused by engineers working from home

Nats wouldn’t normally schedule planned maintenance works to take place on a bank holiday (Picture: Daniel LEAL/AFP) Air traffic control chaos which delayed more than 700,000 passengers was caused by a ‘lack of planning’ and engineers working from home, an investigation has found. Hundreds of flights were cancelled and thousands of people were left stranded abroad after a major fault in the air traffic control (ATC) system on August 28 last year…

2 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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