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UK airport cancelled all flights after runway melts in extreme heatwave

United Kingdom easyJet Met Office Tui Luton airport Luton

A UK airport well known to holidaymakers suspended all of its flights for nearly three hours today after the runway tarmac melted in boiling temperatures. Luton Airport, which is used by budget airlines including EasyJet, Ryanair Ryanair and TUI, was the latest victim of the heatwave as temperatures there hit 36C.

Inbound flights are still being diverted while the last flight to take off before suspending flights was believed to have been at 3.07pm, reports the Mirror. By 6pm this evening, the airport confirmed outbound flights were resuming. The airport only has one runway.

One furious passenger tweeted: "How long will this take?!?!?" Another wrote: "They have just closed the runway at Luton airport for at least an hour. We were just about to be pushed back and they stopped everything. Inbound flights are being diverted.”

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