La panne du trafic aérien était évitable, dit la ministre des Transports
The air traffic failure was avoidable, says the Transport Minister
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The Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, says that the air traffic failure was avoidable.
She ordered an investigation into this major technical problem.
More than two thousand flights were cancelled because of this error.
The automatic system stopped working suddenly.
Many passengers had to wait a long time in airports.
The government wants to know why the backup system did not work.
This report will help to protect future travel.
The airlines are very unhappy with this situation.
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