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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Simon Calder

Travel chaos at Gatwick as British Airways plane blocks runway for 50 minutes

Flightradar24

Sixteen flights have been diverted and dozens more are likely to be heavily delayed or cancelled at London Gatwick airport, after a British Airways flight to Vancouver abandoned its departure in the middle of the runway.

No one is believed to have been hurt when BA2279 rejected take-off at high speed, leading to overheated brakes

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