A system built for millions can be stopped by one point of failure — and those who pay for it get nothing back.
UK Air Traffic Control Outage Grounds 2,000 Flights
A major air traffic control outage crippled UK airspace, forcing cancellations and delays across thousands of flights. Heathrow and other hubs warned of continued disruption for days. Officials blamed a single technical fault — reportedly linked to a military aircraft — while airlines told stranded passengers that compensation was unlikely. Regulators face mounting questions over how one failure could ground a nation's skies.
Source: UK Air Traffic Control Outage Grounds 2,000 Flights — BBC
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