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Manchester Airports Group faces a cyber security incident after hackers accessed customer data, including emails, phone numbers, and postcodes. MAG says no payment details were exposed and operations remain unaffected; authorities are involved and affected customers have been notified.
National Air Traffic Services has identified a fault in its flight-processing system and has implemented a fix after pausing some departures on Tuesday. The outage has caused widespread cancellations and delays at Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Birmingham and Scottish airports; recovery is continuing and airlines are warning of knock-on disruption today, 15 Sep 2026.
A technical fault in the UK air traffic control provider NATS has caused widespread cancellations and delays at major airports on 8–9 September 2026, disrupting hundreds of thousands of passengers. NATS has fixed the flight processing error and apologised; Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has ordered an independent review and given CEO Martin Rolfe a week to report. Airlines and passengers are still clearing a backlog.