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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

Passengers share fury at British Airways live-chat customer service after being stranded amid Heathrow fire

125,000 BA passengers were disrupted after Heathrow airport closed on 21 March because of a fire at a nearby electricity substation, with some flying home on Emirates - (Maja Smiejkowska/PA)

British Airways was harder hit by the shutdown of London Heathrow on 21 March than any other airline. More than half of the 1,400 cancelled flights were on BA, wrecking the travel plans of 125,000 passengers.

The airline re-booked travellers on dozens of other airlines. But The Independent has learnt that British Airways left some passengers stranded – wrongly telling them no other flights were available.

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