UK Flight Chaos Caused by Air Traffic Control Glitch, Not Cyberattack

'It's been a nightmare': Passengers face airport chaos after air traffic issue

Thousands are still stranded as people describe sleeping on floors and "carnage" in baggage reclaim halls.

Misery at Heathrow: ‘Never Seen Chaos Like That’

Over 2,000 flights have been disrupted in the past two days, as an air-traffic control problem has stymied British airports.

By Isabella Kwai

Over 2,000 flights canceled in the UK due to air traffic control glitch

The head of the National Air Traffic Services said they ruled out a cyber attack as the cause.

Nats boss summoned by UK transport secretary as flight chaos enters second day

Martin Rolfe, who faces pressure to resign, due to brief Heidi Alexander after cancellations pass 1,900 Business live – latest updates The boss of the air traffic control provider Nats has been summoned to meet the UK transport secretary as the number of flight cancellations passed 1,900 in a second day of disruption for hundreds of thousands of passengers. Martin Rolfe, who is facing increasing pressure to resign over a third major stoppage to flights in just over three years, is due to br...

By Mark Sweney

Áfram truflanir í Bretlandi – Búið að aflýsa 177 flugferðum

Búið er að aflýsa 177 flugum til og frá flugvöllum á Bretlandi í dag, samkvæmt flugumferðarsíðunni Flightradar 24. Í færslu Flightradar 24 á X segir að meirihluti þessara fluga sé um Heathrow-flugvöllinn í London. Miklar truflanir voru á flugi í Bretlandi og Írlandi í gær vegna tæknibilunar í flugumsjónarkerfi bresku flugumferðarþjónustunnar NATS og var alls um 1.300 flugum aflýst vegna bilunarinnar. Búið er að laga bilunina og samkvæmt NATS er allt kapp lagt á að aðstoða flugfélög og flugv...

By Fréttastofa RÚV

Flight chaos that left thousands stranded and could cost aviation industry £70m ‘was avoidable’

Downing Street said the government still had confidence in the boss of National Air Traffic Services, Martin Rolfe

By Alex Ross

UK Air Traffic Control Chaos Snarls Thousands of Flights

British airport chaos disrupts flights to and from Cyprus (photos+videos)

British airports have been in chaos since Tuesday because of a technical fault at air traffic control provider NATS, with the disruption reaching Cyprus directly as roughly 5,000 passengers on flights to and from the island are affected. According to Hermes Airports’ online flight information board, one flight from Heathrow to Larnaca and one from […]

By Ioanna Kyriakou

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Technical glitch triggers cancellation of 1,100 flights at UK airports

London: A technical fault has forced the cancellation of around 1,100 flights to and from UK airports.The UK's air traffic control body said recovery from...

By Times of Oman