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Over 1,000 flights cancelled as air traffic control glitch disrupts UK airports

Fadingsecond windCoverage went quiet for 12 days, then returned with 4 more reports - 55 voices in all.
After publishing: 14 headlines quietly rewritten, 8 descriptions edited, 1 article removed23 changes
  1. The Guardian Worldseen 9 Sept, 00:18headline rewritten

    Flight disruption across UK continues after air traffic control technical issueUK air traffic control problem strands hundreds of thousands of passengers

  2. La Repubblica (Italy)seen 9 Sept, 00:18headline rewritten

    Regno Uniti, traffico aereo in tilt: oltre 200 voli cancellati. Coinvolti anche Heathrow e GatwickAeroporti del Regno Unito in tilt: “Si tratta di un guasto tecnico”

  3. Times of Indiaseen 9 Sept, 00:18headline rewritten

    Airport chaos in UK: Nearly 300 flights cancelled due to air traffic control glitchOver 600 flights cancelled as air traffic control glitch disrupts UK airports

  4. France Info (France)seen 9 Sept, 00:18headline rewritten

    Au Royaume-Uni, de nombreux vols annulés après un "problème technique" du contrôle aérienAu Royaume-Uni, plus de 1 000 vols annulés dans plusieurs grandes villes après un "problème technique" du contrôle aérien

  5. El Mundo (Spain)seen 9 Sept, 00:18headline rewritten

    Un fallo técnico en el control de tráfico aéreo provoca más de 400 vuelos cancelados en Reino UnidoLos vuelos cancelados por un fallo técnico en el control del tráfico aéreo de Reino Unido ascienden a más de mil

  6. NYT Worldseen 9 Sept, 14:26description edited
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    An air traffic control problem caused more than 1,000 flight cancellations on Tuesday, and airlines warned that the effects could linger.

    An air traffic control failure caused 1,700 flights to be canceled on Tuesday and around 300 more on Wednesday.

  7. The Guardian Worldseen 9 Sept, 14:26description edited
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    Martin Rolfe, who faces pressure to resign, due to brief Heidi Alexander after cancellations hit 1,300 Business live – latest updates The boss of the air traffic control provider Nats has been summoned to meet the UK transport secretary as the number of flight cancellations hit 1,300 in a second day of disruption for hundreds of thousands of passengers. Martin Rolfe, who is facing increasing pressure to resign over a third major stoppage to flights in just over three years, is due to brief...

    Martin Rolfe, who faces pressure to resign, due to brief Heidi Alexander after cancellations pass 2,000 Business live – latest updates How have you been affected by UK air traffic disruption? The boss of the air traffic control provider Nats has been summoned to meet the UK transport secretary as the number of flight cancellations passed 2,000 in a second day of disruption for hundreds of thousands of passengers. Martin Rolfe, who is facing increasing pressure to resign over a third major...

  8. South China Morning Postseen 9 Sept, 19:33headline rewritten

    Travellers in UK face more chaos after air traffic glitchCyberattack ruled out as UK air travel chaos deepens

  9. ANSA (Italy)seen 9 Sept, 19:33headline rewritten

    Caos nei cieli nel Regno Unito, ancora decine di voli cancellatiIl caos nei cieli del Regno Unito continua, escluso un cyberattacco

  10. NYT Worldseen 9 Sept, 19:33description edited
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    An air traffic control failure caused 1,700 flights to be canceled on Tuesday and around 300 more on Wednesday.

    An air traffic control failure prompted 1,700 flight cancellations on Tuesday and more than 300 on Wednesday.

  11. The Guardian Worldseen 9 Sept, 19:33headline rewritten

    Nats boss summoned by UK transport secretary as flight chaos enters second dayAir traffic control boss given a week to report after UK flight chaos causes 2,000 cancellations

  12. The Guardian Worldseen 10 Sept, 01:15description edited
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    Government remains confident in under-pressure Martin Rolfe but transport secretary believes glitch was avoidable How have you been affected by UK air traffic disruption? Business live – latest updates The head of the air traffic control provider Nats has been given a week to report back on the reasons for a technical failure that grounded thousands of flights, as the transport secretary said she did “not believe the issue was unavoidable”. Heidi Alexander said on Tuesday she had also...

    Government remains confident in under-pressure Martin Rolfe but transport secretary believes glitch was avoidable How have you been affected by UK air traffic disruption? The head of the air traffic control provider Nats has been given a week to report back on the reasons for a technical failure that grounded thousands of flights, as the transport secretary said she did “not believe the issue was unavoidable”. Heidi Alexander said on Tuesday she had also commissioned an independent review by...

  13. The Guardian Worldseen 11 Sept, 04:09headline rewritten

    UK air traffic control problem strands hundreds of thousands of passengersUK air traffic control chaos disrupts flights for hundreds of thousands of passengers

  14. Times of Indiaseen 11 Sept, 04:09headline rewritten

    Over 600 flights cancelled as air traffic control glitch disrupts UK airportsOver 1,000 flights cancelled as air traffic control glitch disrupts UK airports

  15. The Guardian Worldseen 11 Sept, 04:09description edited
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    Air traffic control issue affecting airports across UK on Tuesday has been resolved but disruption could continue into Wednesday Flight disruption continues after air traffic control technical issue Business live – latest updates Airports across the UK including Manchester, Birmingham and all those in London were hit by problems at air traffic control on Tuesday. The technical issue was announced shortly before 2pm and was resolved about three hours later. By that time, hundreds of flights had...

    The software failure that affected the air traffic control system on Tuesday has been resolved, but disruption continues into Wednesday Nats boss summoned by UK transport secretary as flight chaos enters second day How have you been affected by UK air traffic disruption? Airports across the UK including Manchester, Birmingham and all those in London were thrown into chaos by a technical failure in the air traffic control system on Tuesday. Although the air traffic control provider Nats fixed...

  16. krdo.comseen 11 Sept, 09:24article removed

    last seen headlineMassive disruption hits UK airports after air traffic control issue

  17. mercurynews.comseen 13 Sept, 02:13headline rewritten

    Airlines scramble after tech problems canceled 1,750 flights in the UKAirlines scramble to dig out from UK air traffic control tech problems that canceled 2,000 flights

  18. nzherald.co.nzseen 13 Sept, 11:48headline rewritten

    Technical failure grounds more than 400 flights in UK, stranding thousandsTechnical failure grounds more than 1000 flights in UK, stranding thousands

  19. The Guardian Worldseen 21 Sept, 20:45headline rewritten

    Flights delayed and cancelled in parts of UK after latest air traffic issueAirlines urge action after UK flights delayed and cancelled again

  20. The Guardian Worldseen 22 Sept, 03:25description edited
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    Nats says fault at Prestwick has been ‘fixed’ after airports in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland are hit Business live – latest updates Airlines have called for “action and accountability” over the UK’s air traffic control services after a technical issue led to flights being disrupted for the second time in a fortnight. Dozens were cancelled and others severely delayed after a fault on Monday morning at National Air Traffic Services (Nats), this time at its second control centre...

    Nats says fault at Prestwick has been ‘fixed’ after airports in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland are hit Airlines have called for “action and accountability” over the UK’s air traffic control services after a technical issue led to flights being disrupted for the second time in a fortnight. Dozens were cancelled and others severely delayed after a fault on Monday morning at National Air Traffic Services (Nats), this time at its second control centre at Prestwick in South...

  21. BBC News Worldseen 22 Sept, 03:25description edited
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    Airlines are angry about the delays, with EasyJet saying the latest incident "once again calls into question the resilience" of the system.

    Prime Minister Andy Burnham said further issues today "cause even greater concern" about the UK's air traffic control and the head of the organisation that runs it.

  22. BBC News Worldseen 24 Sept, 07:55description edited
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    Prime Minister Andy Burnham said further issues today "cause even greater concern" about the UK's air traffic control and the head of the organisation that runs it.

    Prime Minister Andy Burnham said further issues "cause even greater concern" about the UK's air traffic control and the head of the organisation that runs it.

  23. Times of Indiaseen 6 Oct, 02:34headline rewritten

    British Airways flight declares emergency after steep descent; enroute to LondonBritish Airways flight declares emergency after steep descent; lands safely in London

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Tue, 8 September 2026peak 48 reports on Wed, 9 September 2026Fri, 16 October 2026

After the peak, new reports halved every 3 days so far - this story is still being covered, so the figure moves as reports arrive.

What it is about

Regno UnitoLondraManchesterHeathrowGatwickAeroporti del Regno UnitoUK airportsTEHNIČKIReino UnidoBritish AirwaysRyanairUK transport secretaryNatsUKBirminghamLondonLiverpoolEdimbourgAlisha StevensGran Canaria

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Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)1 original report
La Repubblica (Italy)1 original report - edited after publishing1 original report1 original report
Times of India1 original report - edited after publishing1 original report1 original report - edited after publishing
Index.hr (Croatia)2 original reports1 original report1 original report
El País (Spain)1 original report
El Mundo (Spain)1 original report - edited after publishing1 original report
The Guardian World3 original reports - edited after publishing1 original report1 original report1 original report - edited after publishing
France Info (France)1 original report - edited after publishing
nzherald.co.nz1 original report - edited after publishing
Die Zeit (Germany)1 original report1 original report
tportal (Croatia)1 original report
Novinky (Czechia)1 original report - 1 copy echoing iDNES (Czechia)
ANSA (Italy)3 original reports - edited after publishing
aol.co.uk1 original report1 original report
walesonline.co.uk1 original report1 original report
Al Jazeera English2 original reports1 original report
Anadolu Agency (AA)1 original report1 original report1 original report1 original report
fenlandcitizen.co.uk1 original report
8 Sept, 15:21over 38 days16 Oct, 10:40

+ 39 more outlets

How it spread - 91 original reports, 3 reprints

  1. Tue, 8 September 2026

    24 reports

  2. Wed, 9 September 2026

    45 reports

  3. Thu, 10 September 2026

    1 report

  4. Fri, 11 September 2026

    1 report
    • The Guardian World23:04
      Military aircraft reportedly blamed for UK air traffic control outage

      Meltdown that grounded thousands of flights caused by ‘spurious’ flight data being entered into system, report says 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. Hundreds of thousands of passengers were affected after more than 2,000 flights were cancelled on Tuesday when the system used by the National Air Traffic Services...

  5. Sat, 12 September 2026

    2 reports

  6. Tue, 15 September 2026

    1 report

  7. Fri, 18 September 2026

    3 reports
    • Channel News Asia14:08
      'Software issue' caused UK flight chaos this month: Operator

      More than 2,000 flights were cancelled across major UK airports last week, affected hundreds of thousands of passengers.

    • South China Morning Post15:05
      Over 2,000 UK flight cancellations traced to millisecond software defect

      A preliminary report on Friday blamed a millisecond-software defect for the cancellation of over 2,000 flights in and out of the United Kingdom last week. NATS, formerly known as National Air Traffic Services, said on Friday that the glitch on September 8 was behind the mayhem at British airports and beyond, rather than any human failings – as many had speculated at the time. It said a software defect in the National Airspace System, which allocates codes so air traffic controllers can...

    • The Guardian World15:45
      Flight chaos for hundreds of thousands was caused in ‘millisecond’ by software error

      Error first occurred at 10am but major incident was not declared until 12.30pm, says report A software defect in part of the UK’s air traffic control system corrupted flight data “in the space of a millisecond”, leading to a six-hour outage and mass airline cancellations and delays across the UK last week, National Air Traffic Services has said. But ministers said the Nats report into the incident still left questions unanswered, saying they needed “to urgently understand why this issue was not...

  8. Mon, 21 September 2026

    10 reports

  9. Sun, 4 October 2026

    1 report

  10. Mon, 5 October 2026

    1 report

  11. Fri, 16 October 2026

    2 reports

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