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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Natalie Wilson and Harriette Boucher

Heathrow and Gatwick delays live: Passengers ‘unlikely to get compensation’ after more than 2,000 UK flights affected

Tens of thousands of passengers plunged into travel chaos this week are unlikely to get compensation, the regulator has warned.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which is conducting an independent review, has told those impacted that the “disruption caused by the Nats outage is likely to be considered the result of ‘extraordinary circumstances’ under passenger rights rules”.

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