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The possibility that Monday’s air traffic control fault was caused by an inputting error by a French airline has not been ruled out by Downing Street. Yesterday, a technical error caused air travel chaos as flight plans had to be input manually by controllers.
Hundreds of flights were cancelled in and out of the UK due to the issue, with many more delayed. Passengers have been warned that the disruption could last for days as aircraft and cabin crew have been displaced and are not where they need to be for scheduled departures.
Downing Street said that the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) would be launching an investigation into the error, which has been confirmed to be a 'technical' problem and not a 'cybersecurity incident'. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “There’s going to be, think you’ll know that there’s going to be an investigation by the CAA and a report shared with Government.
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“I think (Transport Secretary) Mark Harper confirmed this morning he’ll be getting that in days. I’m not going to pre-empt that. I’ve seen, obviously, various bits of speculation, but I’m not going to pre-empt the work that needs to be done.”
But he added that experts had confirmed it was a “technical issue, not a cybersecurity incident”.
Asked if officials would speak to counterparts across the English Channel, the spokesman said “you would expect them to be speaking regularly” with other countries “but I’m not aware of any specific conversations with French counterparts”.
Downing Street added that airlines should take “every possible steps” to communicate with their passengers about the disruption. The Prime Minister’s
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