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Air traffic boss takes ‘full responsibility’ after thousands face flight chaos

The boss of an air traffic control provider said he “always” accepts “full responsibility” after a technical issue caused huge disruption to flights.

Nats, which provides air traffic control services to 15 UK airports, said in a statement that recovery had “taken longer than we had hoped”, but that its “system issue” on Tuesday had been resolved by 7.30pm as thousands of passengers continued to face cancellations and delays.

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