UK Air Traffic Control Outage Caused by Software Fault, NATS Confirms

NATS CEO Martin Rolfe confirmed that last week's UK air traffic control outage, which disrupted hundreds of thousands of passengers, was caused by a software failure in the flight data system. He ruled out a repeat of the 2023 incident and denied military involvement, asserting safety was never compromised. The incident highlights systemic fragility in critical aviation infrastructure, though the specific software component remains undisclosed.