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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Rosie Shead

Flight ‘chaos’ this month caused by ‘software defect’ – report

Passengers at Heathrow Airport in west London, during disruption after a system issue hit Nats (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

An air traffic control issue which led to more than 2,000 flights being cancelled was caused by a defect in the software that allocates codes to individual aircraft, an investigation has found.

A preliminary report into the incident on September 8 was released by the National Air Traffic Services (Nats) on Friday, who said that the issue was not caused by any “incorrect actions”.

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