{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/64ef55127a1a3800119172d3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How ‘old digital’ fuelled air traffic control chaos","description":"<p>Britain’s air traffic control data meltdown has left thousands of Britons marooned in foreign airports.</p><p>It’s forced the relatively lucky ones to pay for hotel rooms, while other passengers bed down on floors in terminals - with many running low on prescription medication.</p><p>Nats (National Air Traffic Control Services) blames a vague “technical glitch” caused by a rogue flight plan.</p><p>But was this catastrophic IT failure linked to Nats' ageing digital infrastructure?</p><p>The Leader podcast’s joined by Evening Standard business editor Jonathan Prynn and travel consultant Paul Charles, who’s CEO of Mayfair-based The PC Agency, and was formerly Virgin’s Atlantic’s communications director.</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}