Identically Named Waypoint Markers Caused UK ATC Meltdown, NATS Says

Victoria Moores September 06, 2023
NATS
Credit: NATS
LONDON—UK air traffic control (ATC) provider NATS has revealed that a flight plan with two identically named but separate waypoint markers caused a systems outage that disrupted thousands of flights on Aug. 28. The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will now investigate whether NATS breached the...
Victoria Moores

Victoria Moores joined Air Transport World as our London-based European Editor/Bureau Chief on 18 June 2012. Victoria has nearly 20 years’ aviation industry experience, spanning airline ground operations, analytical, journalism and communications roles.

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