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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Caitlin Doherty

Transport Secretary to meet Nats head after air traffic control glitch

A view inside T5 at Heathrow airport after an air traffic control (ATC) fault caused major disruption on Wednesday afternoon (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

The head of the air traffic control provider Nats is being hauled in to meet the Transport Secretary after thousands of passengers were disrupted when a technical glitch grounded flights across the UK.

Heidi Alexander said that she will meet with Martin Rolfe to “understand what happened and how we can prevent reoccurrence” as more than 150 flights were cancelled on Wednesday.

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