It brought the National Air Traffic Services (NATs) system to a standstill, raising concerns about the consequences of a single typo. At Downing Street’s initiative, an independent investigation into the incident was launched, resulting in more than a quarter of flights canceled at UK airports.
Nats CEO Martin Rolfe explained that in response to erroneous flight data, their systems are suspending automatic processing to prevent safety-related misinformation from reaching air traffic controllers or affecting the entire air traffic system.
While approximately 300,000 passengers are facing the problem of flight disruption as a result of the failure of the air traffic control system, airlines are trying to cope with the problems accumulated during the busy travel period when the summer holidays are over.
Source: Ferra
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