REPORT Meltdown of ATC in UK was caused by two identical ATC waypoint names 4,000 nmi apart
Systems crashed causing 1,500 flights to be cancelled, leaving thousands of passengers stranded abroad. The technical glitch which caused last week’s flight chaos in the UK was a “one in 15 million” event, according to air traffic service NATS. On 28 August, thousands of passengers were left stranded after 1,500 flights were cancelled during one…