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Airline chiefs join forces to plead: ‘Don’t ever let this chaos happen again’

One travel industry consultant said the event was an “international embarrassment” and questioned Britain’s aviation infrastructure

Evening Standard · Aug 30, 2023

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

Many UK holidaymakers are stranded overseas after around 2,000 flights were cancelled because of the issue.

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

UK air traffic chaos: easyJet lays on flights for stranded customers

Failure blamed on ‘dodgy’ flight plan by unnamed carrier could cost airlines £100m

The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2023

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

There are no indications the failure was caused by a cyber-attack, according to National Air Traffic Services (Nats)

Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2023

Flight data received by air traffic services ’caused air traffic control fault’

There are no indications that the failure was caused by a cyber-attack, according to National Air Traffic Services (Nats).

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023