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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Neil Lancefield

An ‘unusual piece of data’ caused flight chaos – air traffic control boss

PA Media

The UK’s air-traffic control system failed in response to a faulty flight plan, the boss of Nats has told The Independent.

Martin Rolfe, chief executive of the air-traffic control service, revealed for the first time that the fault was initially identified at 8.30am on Monday – almost three hours before the automatic system went offline, leaving controllers to handle aircraft manually.

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