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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 explain

Nats technical fault grounds departures at Heathrow, Gatwick and others

A glitch in Nats' flight processing system paused or delayed departures at Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Edinburgh and other UK airports; Nats said engineers were investigating.

Sky News

“I know this will be frustrating for passengers and I’m sorry.”

Heidi Alexander

Martin Rolfe Nats chief executiveHeidi AlexanderHeidi Alexander UK Transport SecretaryYvonne Moynihan Managing director, Wizz Air UKEd MilibandEd Miliband UK Foreign SecretaryTim Alderslade CEO, Airlines UK

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  1. first by ITVX, 19d ago · also The Sun, Evening Standard, Rayo, London Evening Standard, Daily Star, BBC

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    Flights grounded at UK airports over technical issue video · YouTube · 15d ago

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