UK air traffic control system failure causes chaos for travellers
What happened? A ‘network-wide’ failure of the UK air traffic control system on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, caused severe disruption for thousands of travellers on one of the busiest days of the year. Britain’s National Air Traffic Services (NATS) said it experienced ‘technical issues’ that forced controllers to switch from an automatic system for landing and dispatching flights to a manual one. This meant aircraft had to arrive and leave…