Air traffic control boss apologises for holiday flight chaos

The NATS chief executive apologises for the chaos which ensued after the UK’s air traffic control system shut down due to an “incredibly rare” fault.

Martin Rolfe says a flight plan with two identically named markers confused the computer system and ground everything to a halt.

Report by Blairm.

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