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... He said the drones targeted the tops of the Aircraft - the location of the fuel tanks and a critical section of the wing spar...
We can avoid flight chaos in future, says air traffic boss
... Explaining what happened in detail, Mr Rolfe said Nats received millions of flight plans - which document the planned movements of Aircraft - every year...
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We can avoid flight chaos in future, says air traffic boss
By Katy Austin & Sam HancockBBC News
The flight chaos caused by a Data processing glitch should not happen again, Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Head of National Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Air Traffic Services has said.
Martin Rolfe told Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Bbc that measures were in place to protect against The " incredibly rare" Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>System failure which has left hundreds of Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Flights cancelled.
" If that happens again, we can resolve it very, very quickly, " Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>He Said .
Passengers have been left stranded abroad and in The UK, and The backlog is expected to cause continued delays.
Explaining Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>What Happened in detail, Mr Rolfe said Nats received millions of flight Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Plans - which document The planned movements of Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Aircraft - every year.
But on Monday, it received Data that it could not process.
Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>He Said Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>System was designed to " fail safely" if this happened, to make sure erroneous information could not be passed on to Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Air Traffic controllers.
This caused Nats to revert to a manual Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>System - Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Meaning fewer Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Flights could be handled.
Mr Rolfe apologised to those affected, insisting he was confident Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Situation would not arise in The same way again.
" We understand Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Way Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>System didn't handle The Data . . Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Way it failed, if you like, " Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>He Said .
He added that procedures had already been put in place to make sure The error could be solved quickly were it to arise again.
Nats remedied The fault around Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Three Hours after announcing it just before midday on Monday, but widespread disruption had already occurred in that time.
Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Incident will be investigated by The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Nats has confirmed there were no signs The failure was caused by a cyber-attack.
After chairing a meeting between Nats, The CAA, airlines, airports, trade bodies and Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Border Force , Transport Secretary Data -tip='kisi' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Mark Harper said on Tuesday that knock-on effects of The disruption were likely to continue over Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Coming days.
He advised anyone due to travel in that time to check with airlines before heading to Data -tip='kisi' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Airport .
In its latest statement, EasyJet offered to put on extra Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Flights to help bring people back to The UK. Data -tip='kisi' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Boss of Ryanair, meanwhile, said it had had to cancel about 250 Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Flights already, affecting around 40,000 passengers.
One such passenger, Sarah Skellern, she and her family were forced to sleep on The floor of Palma de Mallorca Airport, Spain, after waiting on a Jet2 Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Aircraft for six hours before it was cancelled.
Mrs Skellern, from near Preston, Lancashire, described " absolute chaos" at Palma de Mallorca Airport. She and her family eventually got a flight home Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>The Next day.
Analysis of flight Data websites showed at least 281 Data -tip='diger' Data -kimlik='4015468'>Flights - including departures and arrivals - were cancelled on Tuesday at The UK's six busiest airports.
This consisted of 75 at Gatwick, 74 at Heathrow, 63 at Manchester, 28 at Stansted, 23 at Luton and 18 at Edinburgh.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com