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.
- A single military aircraft submitted a flight plan that caused a major air traffic control outage affecting thousands of flights in the UK on September 8, causing disruptions at airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Glasgow, and Edinburgh.
- More than 2,000 flights were cancelled over three days due to the outage, leaving many passengers stranded and heavily impacting airlines such as British Airways.
- The Civil Aviation Authority stated the outage is likely considered an 'extraordinary circumstance,' meaning passengers are unlikely to be entitled to compensation for delays or cancellations caused by the incident.
- NATS chief executive Martin Rolfe is under pressure to resign, though Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander and other officials have expressed confidence in him and have tasked him with investigating the incident.
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A military aircraft that transmitted false flight data to the air traffic control system has caused another air traffic crisis in the UK, the Financial Times reports
A military aircraft that transmitted false flight data to the air traffic control system has caused another air traffic crisis in the UK, the Financial Times reports.Four people informed of the incident on Tuesday said that a flight plan submitted...
Military jet sparked UK airport chaos after flooding 'spurious' flight data into air traffic control system
A flight plan submitted by a UK military aircraft triggered a chain of technical failures that brought Britain’s air traffic network to a standstill for several hours, causing chaos for National Air Traffic Services.The disruption on Tuesday grounded thousands of passengers, caused delays of up to 10 hours, and forced aircraft to divert to airports elsewhere in Europe.The scale of the failure has also reignited concerns among airlines about whet…
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