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  "id": 6445299,
  "title": "Air traffic control boss given a week to report after UK flight chaos causes 2,000 cancellations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/air-traffic-control-boss-given-a-week-to-report-after-uk-flight-chaos",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-09T16:09:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/09/uk-flight-cancellations-nats-martin-rolfe-heidi-alexander"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Government remains confident in under-pressure Martin Rolfe but transport secretary believes glitch was avoidable How have you been affected by UK air traffic disruption? Business live – latest updates The head of the air traffic control provider Nats has been given a week to report back on the reasons for a technical failure that grounded thousands of flights, as the transport secretary declared…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "Air traffic control boss rules out cyber-attack and apologises to passengers as UK flight chaos enters second day – business live",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/air-traffic-control-boss-rules-out-cyber-attack-and-apologises-to",
        "published": "2026-09-09T07:08:47.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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