A UK military aircraft triggered Britain’s latest air traffic meltdown on Tuesday, September 8, after submitting “spurious” flight data into the NATS system.

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A UK military aircraft triggered Britain’s latest air traffic meltdown on Tuesday, September 8, after submitting “spurious” flight data into the NATS system. The error sparked a wider system failure, grounding thousands of flights, causing delays of up to 10 hours and forcing some aircraft to divert abroad. Ryanair’s operations chief called the incident “a complete clusterfuck,” while one insider said NATS chief Martin Rolfe is “toast” and that “this is the beginning of the end.” Source: FT