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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

Heathrow airport: 15,000 passengers face cancelled flights on Monday amid baggage handling meltdown

Simon Calder

In the latest meltdown at a major UK airport, Heathrow has asked airlines flying from Terminals 2 and 3 to cancel 10 per cent of their schedules for Monday due to mounting problems with its baggage handling.

An estimated 15,000 passengers on 90 flights will be affected. The grounded departures range from a Loganair ATR72 commuter aircraft serving the Isle of Man to an Emirates Airbus A380 seating almost 500 passengers to Dubai.

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