Military Aircraft Reportedly Blamed for UK Air Traffic Control Outage
AnonTechie writes:
Meltdown (08/Sept/2026) that grounded thousands of flights caused by 'spurious' flight data being entered into system, report says
The air traffic control outage that caused thousands of flights to be grounded across the UK earlier in the week was caused by a military aircraft entering "spurious" flight data into the system, according to a report.
Hundreds of thousands of passengers were affected after more than 2,000 flights were cancelled on Tuesday when the system used by the National Air Traffic Services (Nats) shut down for four hours.
According to the Financial Times [Paywalled -- Ed.], four people briefed on the incident claimed that the shutdown was caused by a flight plan submitted by a UK military aircraft, which caused a meltdown in air traffic control systems used by Nats which remained unfixed for several hours.
[Source]: The Guardian
This seems like gross incompetence ... why did the NATS System accept spurious data ? Spurious data should have been flagged immediately and rejected by the system. Your thoughts ??
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