The Papers: 'Military jet tripped chaos' and 'A failure for dying people'
'Military jet tripped chaos' and 'A failure for dying people'Published4 minutes agoImage caption, The weekend edition of the Financial Times reports that a military aircraft entering "spurious" flight data into air traffic control led to a system outage that grounded thousands of planes this week. Four sources have told the paper that a flight plan submitted by a military aircraft led to a shutdown of British skies for several hours, causing a "meltdown" within the wider air traffic control system. The incident has led to "strained relations" between carriers and National Air Traffic Services, the paper writes.Image caption, Several papers reflect on the fall of the assisted dying bill in the House of Commons on Friday.
- ▪'Military jet tripped chaos' and 'A failure for dying people'Published4 minutes agoImage caption, The weekend edition of the Financial Times reports that a military aircraft entering "spurious" flight data into air traffic control led to a
- ▪Four sources have told the paper that a flight plan submitted by a military aircraft led to a shutdown of British skies for several hours, causing a "meltdown" within the wider air traffic control system.
- ▪The incident has led to "strained relations" between carriers and National Air Traffic Services, the paper writes.Image caption, Several papers reflect on the fall of the assisted dying bill in the House of Commons on Friday.
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| Publication time | Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:52:08 GMT |
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'Military jet tripped chaos' and 'A failure for dying people'Published4 minutes agoImage caption, The weekend edition of the Financial Times reports that a military aircraft entering "spurious" flight data into air traffic control led to a system outage that grounded thousands of planes this week. Four sources have told the paper that a flight plan submitted by a military aircraft led to a shutdown of British skies for several hours, causing a "meltdown" within the wider air traffic control system. The incident has led to "strained relations" between carriers and National Air Traffic Services, the paper writes.Image caption, Several papers reflect on the fall of the assisted dying bill in the House of Commons on Friday.
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