After Saunatsos’ resignation, the deputy head of air navigation, Giorgos Vagenas, will temporarily assume the duties of commander, while the statutory procedures for appointing a new head of the authority are set to begin.

Earlier, Dimas had requested Saunatsos’ resignation after the investigation committee’s findings were made public on Tuesday, 13 January.

According to the experts’ report, the incident was caused by desynchronisation across a series of heterogeneous systems and interfaces converging at the KEPATHM facilities, which include the Athens and Macedonia Area Control Centres.

This desynchronisation led to the unintentional activation and continuous transmission of a critical number of transmitters, resulting in severe degradation or disruption of key telecommunications links.

The report also states that no evidence of a cyberattack or external malicious interference was found, dismissing scenarios that had circulated in the days following the incident.

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