Man Arrested After Cyberattack Disrupts Flights at European Airports

Flights at several European airports were disrupted by a cyberattack on Sept. 19, which affected check-in systems provided by RTX-owned Collins Aerospace.

Passengers in the arrivals hall at Heathrow Terminal 5 in London on Sept. 22, 2025. Maja Smiejkowska/PA

A man was arrested in England on Sept. 23 by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) on suspicion of involvement in a cyberattack that disrupted flights at European airports for several days.

Flights at London’s Heathrow and several other European airports were disrupted by the incident, which impacted Collins Aerospace, a U.S. company that provides check-in and passenger processing systems.