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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ellie Ng

Data received by air traffic services ‘caused major flight disruptions’

The air traffic control failure which led to major flight disruptions this week was caused by flight data received by National Air Traffic Services (Nats), officials have said.

Both primary and back-up systems responded to the data by suspending automatic processing, Nats chief executive Martin Rolfe said in a statement on Teesday

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