Simon Calder
The “software glitch” that caused more than 150 flights to be cancelled and hundreds more to be delayed is to be forensically examined.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) says it has agreed with Nats, the air-traffic service, to establish an independent inquiry to look at the root causes of “the failure in air traffic management systems”.
An independent chair will lead a panel of technical experts, a board member from the CAA and independent experts on information technology, air traffic management and operational resilience.
