Military aircraft reportedly blamed for UK air traffic control outage
What to know about Military aircraft reportedly blamed for UK air traffic control outage
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.
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What happened
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.
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