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Air traffic control meltdown strands thousands of travellers

A failure in air traffic control caused major travel disruption, stranding thousands of travellers. The aviation minister had described the system as well prepared and resilient one day earlier.

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Air traffic control failures can rapidly disrupt national air travel and expose vulnerabilities in critical transport infrastructure.

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  1. Aviation minister ridiculed as it emerges he boasted about air traffic control being 'well prepared' and given 'increased resilience' - just a day before it went into meltdown, stranding thousands of travellers ↗dailymail.com · Recorded source date: Sep 11, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC

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