The chief executive of National Air Traffic Services (NATS) has said he cannot reveal the cause of the glitch which has affected thousands of passengers but is 'not ruling out anything at this stage'.
The chief executive of National Air Traffic Services has said he cannot reveal the cause of the glitch which has affected thousands of passengers but is"not ruling out anything at this stage".
Martin Rolfe said on Tuesday evening that an initial investigation had found that the air traffic control failure was caused by flight data received. However, he later told Sky News:"You will understand we have very complex systems, handling something in the region of two million flights a year and the safety of those passengers is incredibly important to us.Night flights given go ahead to ease disruption - air traffic chaos latest
Reports have suggested the chaos may have been caused after a French airline misfiled its flight plan. Asked whether he was ruling out if a misfiled flight plan was the cause, Mr Rolfe replied:"I'm not ruling out anything at this stage.
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