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Software glitch grounds over 2,000 flights in UK airspace
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- A software defect in UK air traffic control system produced corrupted data in milliseconds.
- The failure cancelled more than 2,000 flights and affected hundreds of thousands of passengers.
- Some passengers slept on airport floors or became stranded overseas during the outage.
- Transport Secretary called the disruption completely unacceptable and Airlines UK demanded compensation.
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