'Software defect' led to flight chaos at Manchester Airport and others
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- 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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'Software defect' led to flight chaos at Manchester Airport and others
An apology has been issued
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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…
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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.
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Published Sep 18, 2026
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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