yes we heard from martin rolf, happened and why this happened?f nats, talking about the glitch. in effect saying what happened was that a flight, we think, one aircraft had put its flight plan in wrong and somehow the data had knocked off everything out of kilter. actually, it was only taken off plan, if you like, for a short time but the knock—on effects of that, having aircraft and passengers and flight crew in the wrong place, that is what has caused the disruption or cancellations and that's why it has taken days to get back to normal. le, thank you so much. a super blue moon will be visible on thursday night, treating stargazers to a phenomenon that will only happen once this year. these are pictures from tokyo. the blue does not refer to the colour — but instead it refers to the second full moon in one calendar month — an event which only happens once every two or three years. it won't be happening again until 2037 so get out there tonight. you don't need binoculars or a telescope — cloud permitting, you should see it with just your eyes. a

martin rolfe, says flight information received by the national air traffic services, triggered a suspension data had to be managed manually. thousands of travellers have been affected, and it could be several days before flight schedules, are back to normal. more than 1800 flights have been affected so far. the transport secretary, mark harper, says it's the worst incident of its kind to hit air traffic control, in nearly a decade. here's katy austin. the shock waves from yesterday continued to be felt, as these passengers at liverpool this morning discovered. we booked to take the kids to dublin for the day and just got here and were told it has been cancelled, so we are waiting now in line to see if we can find something else. struggling to figure out how we feel in our day now till 11pm tonight, and just the extra cost, you know? aircraft and crews have been left out of position by the hundreds of cancellations and many flights back into the uk were already full. airlines say they are doing all they can to get people home, but some face a long wait. our next available flight that easyjet

fight among millions a year could knock everything out seems unbelievable but as you heard from martin rolflot of anger we are hearing from heads of anger we are hearing from heads of various airlines, a lot of anger because the airlines are the companies that will have to fork out for all of this, but it is absolutely an air traffic control system problem. but as i say, she says today that it will not happen again, that it was a glitch that basically, the safety systems kicked in and it meant that air traffic control had to put the flight plans manually, which basically meant everything else was massively delayed which had a knock—on effect, which therefore let all the cancellations and delays. but here we are wednesday, still talking about it and still facing a huge amount of disruption.- about it and still facing a huge amount of disruption. things are very much _ amount of disruption. things are very much getting _ amount of disruption. things are very much getting back- amount of disruption. things are very much getting back to - amount of disruption. things are i very much getting bac

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the head of the national air traffic services, martin rolfe, told us why the �*rare' system failiuree've worked incredibly hard since we restored the service back on monday, to make sure that this type of event can't happen again. now we operate a complex system. it is a system that covers the entire country and half of the north atlantic ocean and we work extremely hard to make sure that failures like this or in fact any failures that cause disruptions to passengers is minimised. so we are confident that these are rare events, we are confident this one cannot happen again and we are absolutely confident and everyone should be confident that whatever happens, we will always keep aircraft safe and we will always make sure passengers get to their destinations eventually, safely. we obviously aim to do it on time but if all else fails, then we will absolutely prioritise safety, that's what we're here for. joining us live from heathrow airport is our correspondent ellie price. the first and obvious question is what is the latest when it comes to flight arrivals and departures at the mome

martin rolfe says the issue was incredibly rare and he is confident it can be prevented from happening again. nats has faced heavy criticism from airlines for what happened. jon donnison reports. the waiting goes on. for a third day, air passengers are facing misery, delays and uncertainty, with many still scrambling to get home. ian smales from wakefield is stuck in france with his wife and son after his flight was cancelled on monday and no more available till friday. there were people in distress, you could hear people on the phone to other family members asking if they could transfer some money across to them. there were kids that were crying, people that were due to go to other places. everywhere there were people just looking in shock. and i think everybody we spoke to just felt they were just left on their own. they are now hoping to fly to glasgow later today and drive south to yorkshire. and ian's family are not alone. with the cancellation we had last night, it was just airport officials that basically gave us a letter to say, you know, sort out your own accommodation, sort o

martin rolfe.caused tens of thousands of airline passengers flights to be cancel today due to the knock on effect . that analysis of flight data shows at least 281 flights were cancelled and at least in the uk's six busiest airports with gatwick and heathrow worst hit. more on this breaking news as we get it . now the mayor of london get it. now the mayor of london says he's sorry for anyone who's suffering adverse consequences because of his policies . because of his policies. speaking to gb news sadiq khan said the expanded ulez policy is essential to protect the health of people living in the capital. >> alison i'm always sorry for anybody who's suffering adverse consequences because of our policies , but at the same time, policies, but at the same time, i've got to be honest with people and say i've been meeting bereaved mums who's lost their children because of air pollution. i've been meeting a paediatrician today who works with monzo pregnant, suffering the consequences because of air pollut

in a moment, we'll find out why so, martin rolfe, who is the boss of the national air traffic servicess today that if it happens again, if a major glitch happens again in the systems for aircraft taking off and landing, we can resolve it very, very quickly. so that's all right then. nothing to worry about at all. our digital world working beautifully . well, working beautifully. well, initially, we were told there'd be delays of hours, but there are some very, very serious delays out there. days even more than a week. i've even heard stories of up to 12 days. and one of those people inconvenienced is gary taylor, company director for stranded in las palmas on grand canaria. gary just tell us your story briefly, please , as . the signals briefly, please, as. the signals go on, i can't hear. >> oh, i can hear you right. >> oh, i can hear you right. >> we'll go we'll get back to gary. but joining me in the studio is always the risk of doing things down the line, martin sumners is executive director of the association of independent tour operators. so absolute blooming chaos this week . we

in a moment, we'll find out why so, martin rolfe, who is the boss of the national air traffic servicess today that if it happens again, if a major glitch happens again in the systems for aircraft taking off and landing, we can resolve it very, very quickly. so that's all right then. nothing to worry about at all. our digital world working beautifully . well, working beautifully. well, initially, we were told there'd be delays of hours, but there are some very, very serious delays out there. days even more than a week. i've even heard stories of up to 12 days. and one of those people inconvenienced is gary taylor, company director for stranded in las palmas on grand canaria. gary just tell us your story briefly, please , as . the signals briefly, please, as. the signals go on, i can't hear. >> oh, i can hear you right. >> oh, i can hear you right. >> we'll go we'll get back to gary. but joining me in the studio is always the risk of doing things down the line, martin sumners is executive director of the association of independent tour operators. so absolute blooming chaos this week . we

martin rolfe has told the bbc both the primary and back—up systems which process flight plans automaticallyx brits in action won their first round matches without dropping a set. andy murray knocked out france's corentin moutet. cameron norrie, dan evans and jack draper are all through. and katie boulter and jodie burrage both claimed main—draw victories in new york for the first time. the men's defending champion, carlos alcaraz, is safely through after his german opponent, dominik koepfer, retired injured midway through their first—round match. at the footballers' pfa awards, manchester city's erling haaland and aston villa's rachel daly won the player of the year prizes. bukayo saka and laurenjames won the young player of the year awards. in cricket, wiaan mulder hit 55 not out as leicestershire beat gloucestershire by six wickets in their one day cup semi—final. leicestershire will play hampshire in the final. and there will be a first irish—born player in the nfl since 1985. it's after the green bay packers confirmed punter dan whelan on their initial 53—man roster for the new season.

martin rolfe. he got a basic salary of 477,000 bonus rs £550,000.tal incompetence plus a long term share incentive scheme which took him up to 1.3 £1.4 million. >> can we just ask you about this story? i'm surprised this hasn't happened. more pick up yet, richard. and maybe it's in his early stages. this is about an air base in the uk, which could host american nuclear weapons . and we haven't had them weapons. and we haven't had them in this country since seven. thank you. two thousand and seven. why why would we agree to have nuclear weapons on our soil at a time when america and russian tensions are so huge? why >> very simply, i think this is very good news. i hope it's true. we should celebrate it. our strong and enduring relationship with the united states, because it's called a deterrent. and if you don't have a deterrent, whether it's shoplifters and feral youths. right. whether it's what's going on with ulez, whether it's what going on in ukraine. the reason that putin went into ukraine was because he wasn't afraid of not make us a target,

yeah and it's interesting, rolfe, who's interesting, martin rolfe, who's the nats chief executive, and is a commercial operation have operation that the airlines have to for the services to pay for the services indicating that could just be one unusual piece of data. >> of course, we've had these reports. it could be a french air traffic control plan that was put into the system and blew the fuses effectively . we the fuses effectively. we >> that's right. and he went on to say that we hope we don't see this situation again. in a statement , he this situation again. in a statement, he said it's a very occasionally so very occasionally so very occasionally technical issues occur that are complex and take longer to resolve in the event of such an issue. our systems are designed to isolate the problem and priority prioritise continued safe air traffic control. but of course we know passengers will be thinking i need to get away. what's happening and what's happening here is that the airports like heathrow, it's been incredibly busy . all hands are on deck and busy. all hands are on deck a