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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Josh Halliday North of England correspondent

British Airways says sorry for refusing to let Ukrainian family board flight

British Airways planes at Heathrow airport
British Airways has faced weeks of turmoil with scores of flight cancellations caused by IT failures and staff shortages. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA

British Airways has apologised after it refused to allow a Ukrainian family, including an eight-year-old girl, to board a flight to the UK despite them having all the correct travel documents.

The family-of-three had fled their home in Kharkiv, which has endured some of the most intense Russian bombing, after waiting more than two weeks to be granted UK visas.

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