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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Sami Quadri

Cause of radar outage that grounded 150 flights at UK airports revealed

A ‘radar-related issue’ caused the air traffic control (ATC) failure which grounded flights across the UK, Nats said - (PA Wire)

A software error has been blamed for the radar failure that caused widespread disruption at major UK airports and led to flights being grounded and passengers stranded across the country.

More than 150 flights were cancelled as a result of the outage, which affected airports in London, Manchester and Birmingham, and forced air traffic controllers to temporarily halt all take-offs and landings on Thursday.

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