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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Helen Wilson-Beevers

‘Absolute shambles’ at Heathrow Airport as passengers wait hours for baggage which never arrives

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Angry passengers who landed at Heathrow Airport waited several hours for their baggage after a British Airways flight on Sunday 18 December, before some people ended up leaving without any luggage at all.

One traveller tweeted British Airways about the incident, writing: “@British_Airways T5 in chaos last night, thousands of bags did not come out. After hours of waiting, then told the baggage handlers had gone home.”

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