Part of US-UK Air Traffic Meltdown · 2 stories · since Sep 4 · newest 21h ago
NATS air traffic glitch cancels 2,000+ UK flights, boss given a week to explainAlexander orders independent review, Airlines UK demands accountability
3 Sep 8 3:30 PM · 15d ago · 18 articles · 1 video · 10 posts · 10 comments · 6 sources · development 3 of 7
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander apologised 'wholeheartedly' and asked the Civil Aviation Authority to conduct an independent review; Airlines UK's letter called it the third major Nats failure in three years and said this 'simply cannot happen again'.
“significantly in excess of 1,000”
Tim Alderslade, Airlines UKMartin Rolfe Nats chief executive
Heidi Alexander UK Transport SecretaryYvonne Moynihan Managing director, Wizz Air UK
Ed Miliband UK Foreign SecretaryTim Alderslade CEO, Airlines UK
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first by Bangkok Post, 15d ago · also AP via Feedx, Mercury News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Sydney Morning Herald, Al Jazeera, Evening Standard +3
7 more headlines
- Travel chaos at UK airports as over 600 flights canceled due to air traffic control issue AP via Feedx · 15d ago
- Hundreds of UK flights grounded Sydney Morning Herald · 15d ago
- Hundreds of UK flights disrupted by air traffic control glitch Al Jazeera · 15d ago
- Heathrow and Gatwick worst hit airports as over 1,000 London flights cancelled or delayed in UK air traffic mayhem Evening Standard · 15d ago
- Hundreds of flights delayed, cancelled after UK air traffic control glitch Al Jazeera · 15d ago
- Over 1,000 U.K. flights cancelled due to air traffic control problem Globe and Mail · 15d ago
- Air traffic control issue disrupts flights at major UK airports Channel News Asia · 15d ago
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All told, 1300 flights were canceled to/from airports in the UK on Tuesday. 177 flights have been canceled so far on Wednesday, nearly all at London-Heathrow.
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Just had to cancel my 10-year passport renewal appointment for tomorrow morning, since it's in London and I'm in the EU. Man, this was a *miserable* way to spend a day. The flight kept getting bumped, heading for certain cancellation (it came, about midnight, long after I had returned from the airport); GPT was incredibly helpful on how to redeem…
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People are linking this UK airport meltdown (8 Sep 2026 22:04 UTC) to Israel's statement: "it has left us no choice but to respond to its hostile actions". (8 September 2026 at 16:55 UTC) The timing is really curious. The scary thing is that Israel has advanced level of cybercapability and total deniability. 🙁 https://www…
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（Post:260909-1）Hundreds of flights across the UK were cancelled due to air traffic control issues. 航空管制上の問題により英国全土で数百便が欠航となった。
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Including mine. I'm not angry because my flight was cancelled. It's a pain in the arse but what really infuriates me is the "We are terribly sorry" these PR releases give. I've been on hold for three hours with British Airlines and it's "we are sorry", no you're not."We are truly sorry for the ongoing flight disruption" is what infuriates the…
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Tens of thousands of passengers face travel chaos as flights halted at UK airports https://www. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home -news/flights-heathrow-gatwick-airport-cancelled-atc-nats-delay-b3046869.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into News (UK) @ news-uk-Independent
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Currently stuck at an airport in london. It's insane how little information the staff here has. Also mindboggling that in aviation, where everything has a backup or two there seems to be a single company with a single software that can take down an entire airspace which most like will create worldwide ripple for the next days.
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# CNN # News Massive disruption hits UK airports after air traffic control issue
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NATS - the same system that crashed in August 2023 [1] due to an id clash, causing 2000 flights to be cancelled and days of chaos.[1]
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For anyone stranded, read up on UK261/EU261 and your airlines application process to be reimbursed. As far as I’m aware it’s not likely to happen automatically, you need to initiate the process (and record audio/video just in case proof is needed)
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This affected flights going to the UK as well.Source: Me, stuck in an airport, having witnessed numerous flights destined to London canceled throughout the day.
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In the middle of a highly geopolitically sensitive moment where there's been bombs at other European airports recently?Color me suspicious.
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IT sector in the UK is bargain basement. Most competent people left for countries where their talents are valued or retired.
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Uh oh. For those of us with a connection through Heathrow morning of the 10th (in about 36 hours) what would you recommend?
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