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The UK’s air traffic control system abruptly shut down two weeks ago after receiving an airline flight plan that its software couldn’t process.
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Pilita Clark
It should have been a relief two weeks ago when a report on the computer glitch that stranded thousands of August bank holiday air passengers declared it had been a “one in 15 million” event.
Hundreds of flights were hit when the United Kingdom’s air traffic control system abruptly shut down after receiving an airline flight plan that its software couldn’t process.
