UK News: Britain denies 'cyber attack' due to disturbances in airspace, hundreds of flights canceled due to this
UK News: Britain's government said on Tuesday (29 August) that the country's nationwide air traffic control system was not caused by a cyber attack but by a technical fault with flight control operator National Air Traffic Services. Hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled in Britain on Monday due to a fault in the air traffic control system.
Britain's government said on Tuesday (29 August) that the country's nationwide air traffic control system was not caused by a cyber attack but by a technical fault with flight control operator National Air Traffic Services. Hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled in Britain on Monday due to a fault in the air traffic control system.
Britain's Transport Secretary Mark Harper denied any cyber attack in the malfunction in the air traffic control system. He said the problem was caused by a "technical fault" at flight control operator National Air Traffic Services.
The Department of Transportation said the outage affected its ability to operate flights automatically. This simply meant that flights had to be operated manually for several hours. The technical glitch caused slow take-offs and landings across the UK. At present, the fault in the system has been fixed.
The problem with UK flights comes at a time when people are on their summer holidays. This is the busiest time for travel in the UK. Aviation analytics firm Sirium said 232 departures and 271 arrivals had been canceled at UK airports as of Monday afternoon.
Dozens of flights were canceled at Heathrow Airport, Europe's busiest. At least 32 departures and 31 arrivals from Heathrow were canceled on Tuesday. Dozens of flights were also affected at Gatwick Airport, London's second busiest.
Hours after the technical problem was reported, flight control operator National Air Traffic Services said the problem had been both identified and resolved. After this, all flights can be normal now.
