The Leader

How ‘old digital’ fuelled air traffic control chaos

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Episode notes

Britain’s air traffic control data meltdown has left thousands of Britons marooned in foreign airports.

It’s forced the relatively lucky ones to pay for hotel rooms, while other passengers bed down on floors in terminals - with many running low on prescription medication.

Nats (National Air Traffic Control Services) blames a vague “technical glitch” caused by a rogue flight plan.

But was this catastrophic IT failure linked to Nats' ageing digital infrastructure?

The Leader podcast’s joined by Evening Standard business editor Jonathan Prynn and travel consultant Paul Charles, who’s CEO of Mayfair-based The PC Agency, and was formerly Virgin’s Atlantic’s communications director.

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