Transport secretary to quiz air traffic control boss over disruption (BBC)

www.theguardian.com

Calls for UK air traffic control boss to resign as new glitch disrupts flights

System restored after Nats limited flights due to technical problems that raised fears of repeat of chaos in August 2023
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www.bbc.com

More than 100 flights cancelled after UK air traffic control issue

National Air Traffic Services (NATS) says there is no evidence to suggest the "technical issue", now resolved, was cyber-related.
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www.thetimes.com

Air traffic control failure causes chaos at British airports

A short-lived technical issue is still disrupting journeys, with dozens of flights cancelled and delayed
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www.independent.co.uk

Radar systems failure ‘caused air traffic outage’ as flight delays continue: Live

Nats confirms radar fault is fixed but passengers face delays and diversions as airlines deal with backlog
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My only concern with this would be the 20 minutes to switch to the back-up system, though it might be a slow switch is the safest way to do it if you have time. A system that never has failures is just not going to happen and system downtime of an hour of degraded function one time in a couple of years doesn't seem unreasonable.

If Ryanair's running so tight they can't pick up passengers from a delayed flight for three days, and is too cheap to book them alternative flights, then it's in their interests to stage a song-and-dance for the media claiming it's unacceptable.
 

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