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Cyberattack Ruled Out in UK Air Traffic Glitch as More Flights Axed
A technical fault grounded hundreds of flights and disrupted more than 65,000 Ryanair passengers, with cancellations expected to continue into Wednesday.
- On Wednesday, the National Air Traffic Services confirmed its flight processing system was fixed, ending a technical glitch that grounded flights across the UK on Tuesday.
- NATS head Martin Rolfe ruled out a cyberattack as the cause, identifying a technical issue within the flight processing system that forced major airports including Heathrow to suspend operations.
- Aviation analytics firm Cirium reported that 2,093 flights were affected since Tuesday, with an additional 177 flights scrapped Wednesday as airlines struggled to restore normal operations.
- British Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander summoned Rolfe to seek assurances on system resilience, while Ryanair chief operating officer Neal McMahon called for his dismissal, accusing him of having "failed UK travellers."
- This incident marks the third major system failure in three years, prompting airlines to demand urgent investment in aviation resilience across the UK to prevent future disruptions.
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Cyberattack ruled out in UK air traffic glitch as more flights axed
British air travelers faced more misery Wednesday, with nearly 300 flights scrapped across the country, as Britain's air traffic control service scrambled to recover from a technical glitch that it ruled out as a cyberattack.
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