UK ATC Failure Report Highlights Lack Of Planning For Major Incidents

NATS ATC tower at Heathrow
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A lack of planning for major incidents as well as delays, including a 90-min. wait for the person who could restart the system to arrive on-site, contributed to UK travel chaos in August 2023 after a NATS air traffic control (ATC) system meltdown, according to the country’s Civil Aviation Authority...
Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

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