An air traffic control issue which led to more than 2,000 flights being cancelled earlier this month was caused in the ‘space of a millisecond’ by a defect in the software that allocates codes to individual aircraft, an investigation has found.
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A preliminary report into the incident on 8th September was released by the National Air Traffic Service, who said that the issue was not caused by any ‘incorrect actions’.
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