U.K. NATS Systems Failure
 

U.K. NATS down, Major system failure.

Major disruption to both incoming and departing flights.

https://news.sky.com/story/network-w...ports-12949638

'Network-wide failure of UK air traffic control systems', Loganair reports

There has been a 'network-wide failure of UK air traffic control systems', according to the airline Loganair.

Sky News has had reports of passengers on other airlines outside of the UK being told that the air traffic control network is down and their flight will be delayed.

NATS, the national air traffic controllers, said in a statement: "We are currently experiencing a technical issue and have applied traffic flow restrictions to maintain safety. Engineers are working to find and the fix the fault.

"We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause."

Hilarious…another example of the UK’s crumbling infrastructure. Don’t we build resilience in anymore?

12+ hour slot delays in some cases.

28/08/2023 11:12z
United Kingdom is experiencing a Flight Data Processing System failure.
Scottish and London FIRs are regulated at low rates with very high individual delays.

Currently there is no indication of when a solution for the failure will be available so no improvements for flights entering UK airspace are forseen in the near future.

Further information will be published when available.

NMOC Brussels

Hacked?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66637156

Mind you - doesn't exactly look quiet ...

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....a8cc4526dd.jpg

Yes, but flights will continue to destination if they're already airborne. Others won't be able to depart. Shouldn't it thin out over the next few hours?

From Eurocontrol public portal at 1112 UTC..

But surely when we build stuff resilience is not in the current years budget ……so just pass the parcel.

Is this possibly Russian Hacking after Ukrainian drones caused delays at Moscow’s airports ?

I doubt it

I for one am glad I’m not flying today, inbound on an RCF flight plan.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....b86ff41f1a.gif

Really? Seems too much of a coincidence that this has happened on one of the busiest days of the year, aviation wise.
Cant remember such a serious system crash in my 25 years of civil flying, not counting French mischief !

Here in Jersey we are starting to see transatlantic westbound routing over us, which don’t usually come this way. So far, there have been at least 4 KLM EHAM departures overhead plus a Brussels A/L Washington flight. This almost never happens, even when NAT tracks are a bit southerly. Also apparent are German transatlantic, although this is fairly common with southerly tracks. Looks like we’ll see a lot of different a/c this afternoon & evening. Although, “see” is not quite accurate - as it is quite cloudy at the moment.

I can't rule it out. But I'd apply Occam's razor; more likely to be Murphy's Law combined with a lack of resilience/cockup in IT systems...

CFMU NOP now recommending operators consider cancelling flights from EG and EI airports to EU.

Merry Christmas 😬

CFMU? NOP?

Not been CFMU for years!

Network Operations Portal.

Do you not remember Dec 12 2014 ?

And 2009?