'Software defect' led to flight chaos at Manchester Airport and others

United Kingdom

What to know

  • An apology has been issuedS1
  • UK ministers say report into incident leaves questions unanswered over why problem was not discovered and fixed earlierBusiness live – latest updatesA software defect in part of the UK’s air traffic control system corrupted flight data “in the space of a milli...S2
  • The fault caused flights both in and out of the UK to be axed, impacting hundreds of thousands of passengers.S3
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1mo Manchestereveningnews

'Software defect' led to flight chaos at Manchester Airport and others

An apology has been issued

1mo The Guardian

Flight chaos for hundreds of thousands was caused in ‘millisecond’ by software error

UK ministers say report into incident leaves questions unanswered over why problem was not discovered and fixed earlierBusiness live – latest updatesA software defect in part of th…

1mo Standard

Flight ‘chaos’ this month caused by ‘software defect’ – report

The fault caused flights both in and out of the UK to be axed, impacting hundreds of thousands of passengers.

'Software defect' led to flight chaos at Manchester Airport and others

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What to know

  • An apology has been issuedS1
  • UK ministers say report into incident leaves questions unanswered over why problem was not discovered and fixed earlierBusiness live – latest updatesA software defect in part of the UK’s air traffic control system corrupted flight data “in the space of a milli...S2
  • The fault caused flights both in and out of the UK to be axed, impacting hundreds of thousands of passengers.S3
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S1 Manchestereveningnews 1 report · EN
S2 The Guardian 1 report · EN
S3 StandardLead 1 report · EN