{"id":380196,"date":"2026-09-19T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/flight-chaos-across-uk-airports-caused-by-software-defect-internal-investigation-says\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T10:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:00:29","slug":"flight-chaos-across-uk-airports-caused-by-software-defect-internal-investigation-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/flight-chaos-across-uk-airports-caused-by-software-defect-internal-investigation-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight chaos across UK airports caused by &#8216;software defect&#8217;, internal investigation says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/uaR0Q0FVlLo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Flight chaos across UK airports caused by 'software defect', internal investigation says\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uaR0Q0FVlLo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>An air traffic control issue which led to more than 2,000 flights being cancelled was caused by a defect in the software that allocates codes to individual aircraft, an investigation has found.<\/p>\n<p>A preliminary report into the incident on September 8 was released by the National Air Traffic Services (Nats) on Friday, which said that the issue was not caused by any \u201cincorrect actions\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An air traffic control issue which led to more than 2,000 flights being cancelled was caused by a defect in the software that allocates codes to individual aircraft, an investigation has found. 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