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Air traffic control failure ‘caused by single military aircraft’
More than 2,000 flights were affected after a military aircraft’s flight plan triggered spurious data in National Air Traffic Services systems, officials said.
- On Tuesday, September 8, a British military aircraft submitted 'spurious' flight data to National Air Traffic Services , triggering a system malfunction that axed more than 2,000 flights across the UK.
- NATS operations director Kathryn Leahy confirmed the incident originated from the military flight plan, frustrating airline executives who noted the system had failed similarly in August 2023 after a rogue flight plan disrupted more than 700,000 passengers.
- British Airways was the worst affected carrier, seeing 88 of 507 Wednesday flights disrupted at major hubs including London Heathrow, Glasgow Airport, and Edinburgh Airport as travel chaos continued.
- The Civil Aviation Authority stated passengers are 'unlikely to be entitled to compensation' for the disruption, classified as an 'extraordinary circumstance,' while NATS chief executive Martin Rolfe faces mounting calls to resign.
- Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told the House of Commons she considers the outage avoidable, noting Rolfe is leading an investigation: 'We have confidence in him and he's been tasked with an investigation.
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New details appear after the chaos at the airports in the Great Brianie. A major malfunction paralyzed British air traffic and led to the cancellation of over 2,000 flights, including flights to and from Bucharest! All would have been caused by the introduction of erroneous flight data of a British military aircraft.
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AlKhaleej TodayUK military aircraft data blamed for air traffic control failure: Report
A flight plan containing 'spurious' data submitted by a UK military aircraft triggered the air traffic control failure that led to thousands of flight cancellations, the Financial Times reported.
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