Hundreds of UK flights disrupted by air traffic control glitch
- Air traffic control provider NATS under scrutiny after technical fault disrupts UK air traffic.
- Hundreds of flights at major United Kingdom airports, including London’s Heathrow and Gatwick, have been cancelled and hundreds more delayed because of a technical fault at the National Air Traffic Services (NATS).
- The IT malfunction on Tuesday happened three years after a flight-plan processing failure at NATS caused even more widespread disruption.
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- Air traffic control provider NATS under scrutiny after technical fault disrupts UK air traffic.
- Hundreds of flights at major United Kingdom airports, including London’s Heathrow and Gatwick, have been cancelled and hundreds more delayed because of a technical fault at the National Air Traffic Services (NATS).
- The IT malfunction on Tuesday happened three years after a flight-plan processing failure at NATS caused even more widespread disruption.
Sources: Al Jazeera