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Passengers wait at Stansted Airport, north of London, after UK flights were delayed over a technical issue, on Aug. 29, 2023. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images
An air travel chaos that hit Britain last week was caused by an issue with a flight plan processing system, the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) has reported.
Thousands of passengers were stranded on Aug. 28, as their flights to and from the UK were cancelled owing to the “network-wide failure.”
Evgenia Filimianova is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of international stories, with a particular interest in foreign policy, economy, and UK politics.
