MoD Denies Military Aircraft Caused Air Traffic Control Meltdown

Ryanair’s O’Leary accuses UK air traffic control boss of lying over outage

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said NATS blamed the outage on a rogue flight plan, the same issue that caused major disruption in 2023.

NATS Crisis Deepens as MoD Disputes Claims Military Aircraft Triggered Flight Chaos

The Ministry of Defence has rejected claims that a military aircraft was responsible for the technical failure that brought parts of Britain’s air traffic control system to a standstill last week. The denial comes after reports that a flight plan submitted by a UK military aircraft contained what was described as “spurious” data, allegedly triggering […]

Ryanair boss calls for NATS CEO Martin Rolfe to be replaced after air traffic control failures

Following several technical issues with air traffic control systems, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has published a statement directed at the British transport secretary Heidi Alexander. In […] L’article Ryanair boss calls for NATS CEO Martin Rolfe to be replaced after air traffic control failures est apparu en premier sur Travel Tomorrow.

MoD denies military aircraft caused air traffic control meltdown

Some 2,000 flights were cancelled after a four-hour technical failure at National Air Traffic Services (NATS) last Tuesday, affecting more than 330,000 travellers.