Repeated air traffic control failures leave us in worrying territory

Image source, PA Media By Theo Leggett Business correspondent Published 21 minutes ago To have one air traffic control failure in a fortnight may be regarded as a misfortune, to have two looks like carelessness. The UK's air traffic services provider is coming in for a wave of criticism at the moment, so where is it all leading?

The incident at the National Air Traffic Services (Nats) main control centre in Swanwick earlier this month was extremely serious. It caused more than 2,000 flight cancellations over two days, affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers . Some were left sleeping on airport floors, others were stranded in foreign airports.