2021 August bank holiday air traffic control failure impacted 750K passengers due to lack of pre-planning and home-working engineers.

An interim report into the August bank holiday 2021 air traffic control meltdown revealed a "significant lack of pre-planning" and engineers working from home. The incident, caused by a technical glitch while processing a flight plan, led to nearly 750,000 passengers being impacted, with flights grounded at UK airports. The report highlights the need for multi-agency rehearsals in handling such incidents in the future.