UK summons air traffic boss after major outage as flights slowly resume
NATS said engineers fixed the problem in about three hours, but the backlog left airlines warning of more delays for several days.
- Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander summoned NATS chief executive Martin Rolfe to explain a major technical outage that grounded flights and stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers across British airports.
- The hours-long shutdown forced the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights and prompted extensive delays as air traffic systems slowly recovered from the system failure.
- Rolfe stated he takes "full responsibility" for the outage while confirming systems were restored, warning that clearing backlogs would take time as aircraft and crew were left out of position.
- Major airlines including Ryanair and British Airways faced severe operational disruptions, with Ryanair's leadership publicly renewing calls for Rolfe's resignation over repeated system failures.
- UK airports, including Heathrow and Gatwick, resumed operations but advised passengers to check flight statuses prior to traveling while airlines work through lingering schedules.
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UK summons air traffic boss after major outage as flights slowly resume
Flights from British airports resumed on Wednesday after a major air traffic failure, but questions mounted about the reliability of Britain's aviation systems and ministers called in the flight control boss to explain the shutdown.
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