A software fault grounded flights across Britain.

Airlines say they’ll pay the cost, not the monopoly supplier that failed.

This is the second major National Air Traffic Services failure in three years, after 2023’s outage.

Britain’s aviation regulator will review whether the network needs reform.

How each outlet framed it

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Bloomberg Business leans critical
BBC
Al Jazeera Online
contextualizes 2026 outage against 2023 NATS failure at same provider; cites FlightRadar24 tracking 1,477 cancellations across two days

Sources: Bloomberg Business, BBC, Al Jazeera Online