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Air traffic control boss to face Transport Secretary as flight chaos to continue

Flightradar24 said 1,000 UK flights were cancelled on Tuesday following a technical issue with air traffic control provider Nats (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

The boss of an air traffic control provider will speak to the Transport Secretary on Wednesday as disruption is set to continue after a technical issue grounded flights.

Flight monitoring website Flightradar24 said 1,300 flights had been cancelled to and from UK airports on Tuesday after a system issue hit Nats, which provides air traffic control services to 15 UK airports.

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