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Military aircraft reportedly blamed for UK air traffic control outage

Meltdown that grounded thousands of flights caused by ‘spurious’ flight data being entered into system, report says

The Guardian - UK

Ryanair chief calls for air traffic control boss to be dismissed after days of flight disruption

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The Independent UK

Ryanair boss demands ‘overpaid, failing’ air traffic chief be sacked after UK airport crisis

Ryanair called the Nats back-up system is ‘useless’ after more than 2,000 flights were affected as the result of a technical issue

The Independent UK

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Why travellers may miss out on compensation after days of airport chaos

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The Independent UK

Passengers unlikely to get compensation as UK airports return to normal after days of flight chaos

Around 100 flights were affected by cancellations on Thursday

The Independent UK

'Hero of Gatwick' becomes viral sensation after shouting out instructions to stranded passengers

Kurtis Toy, 36, was labelled a ‘hero’ for stepping in to help customer service staff after his flight from the London airport was cancelled amid the air traffic meltdown

Evening Standard

Flight disruption eases as airport operations return to normal

An air traffic control issue caused more than 2,000 flights arriving or departing the UK to be cancelled this week.

Evening Standard

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Ryanair will dispute passenger’s claim he was sucked out of window

CEO Michael O’Leary tells reporters the businessman was sucked ‘towards’ but not ‘out of’ the opening

The Guardian - UK

Ryanair boss says airline will dispute account of passenger who said they were partially sucked out of window – as it happened

Ljubisa Karović suffered neck and shoulder injuries after the window broke during the flight

The Guardian - UK

Flight disruption easing as air traffic boss faces calls to resign

Hundreds of thousands of passengers were caught up in the disruption after flights were cancelled following a Nats technical issue on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Passengers affected by air traffic control issue ‘unlikely to get compensation’

Travellers were caught up in the disruption after hundreds of flights were cancelled following a Nats technical issue on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Flight chaos that left thousands stranded and could cost aviation industry £70m ‘was avoidable’

Downing Street said the government still had confidence in the boss of National Air Traffic Services, Martin Rolfe

The Independent UK

Transport Secretary does not believe air traffic control issue was ‘unavoidable’

Heidi Alexander told MPs that safety must remain air traffic controllers’ ‘over-riding priority’.

Evening Standard

Government backs air traffic control chief after thousands face travel chaos

Nats chief executive Martin Rolfe has come under fire.

The Independent UK

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Why are flights cancelled at Heathrow and Gatwick? Inquest begins into aviation chaos

An urgent investigation is being carried out by the National Air Traffic Services to identify what went so disastrously wrong at Britain’s airports

The Independent UK

Air traffic control chaos ‘to cost Ryanair £6m’ amid second day of disruption

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Evening Standard

Air traffic boss Martin Rolfe on £1.5m given week to come up with answers on Heathrow and Gatwick flight chaos as he faces calls to quit

More than 2,000 flights have been cancelled after a computer problem at the National Air Traffic Services caused major disruption at UK airports

The Independent UK

Scots passengers may face ‘knock-on disruption’ after air traffic control issue

Hundreds of flights were cancelled on Tuesday amid a technical problem at the National Air Traffic Service.

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The Guardian - UK

Air traffic control boss given a week to report after UK flight chaos causes 2,000 cancellations

Government remains confident in under-pressure Martin Rolfe but transport secretary believes glitch was avoidable

The National (Scotland)

Flight disruption continues at Scottish airports after air traffic control chaos

Disruption at Scottish airports is set to continue into Wednesday following a technical issue with the Nats air traffic control system

The Guardian - UK

Air traffic control boss has one week to deliver investigation into glitch, No 10 says, as UK flight cancellations top 2,000 – as it happened

Transport secretary does not think Nats incident was ‘unavoidable’; technical issue at Nats resolved but flights to and from UK airports still disrupted

The Economic Times

UK flight chaos deepens as more than 150 flights cancelled after air traffic control glitch

UK travellers faced significant disruption as over 150 flights were cancelled on Wednesday. A technical glitch in air traffic control systems caused widespread chaos across Britain's airports. Heathrow Airport experienced the majority of the latest flight cancellations and delays. The National Air Traffic Services acknowledged the complex recovery process and…

France 24

Travellers in UK face ongoing disruption after air traffic control glitch

Flights from British airports began to resume Wednesday after a glitch in the country's air traffic control service left hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded and 2,000 cancellations, costing airlines millions of pounds. Authorities warned that travellers would continue to experience delays as airlines scrambled to recover from the outage.

Evening Standard

Air traffic control boss to face Transport Secretary as flight chaos to continue

There is expected to be more disruption as airlines deal with the knock-on effects of Tuesday’s cancellations and delays.

Evening Standard

Air traffic boss takes ‘full responsibility’ after thousands face flight chaos

Martin Rolfe, chief executive officer of Nats, said ‘I always accept full responsibility’ after a technical issued caused chaos at UK airports.

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