WorldNats boss summoned by UK transport secretary as flight chaos enters second day

Nats chief Martin Rolfe is due to brief Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander after a technical problem caused 1,300 cancellations and disrupted hundreds of thousands of passengers for a second day. Rolfe faces calls to resign, while saying a cyber-attack has been ruled out and the fault was in Nats’ flight-processing system.

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TThe Guardian★★★☆☆2026-09-09 07:36Original