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United Kingdom: tourists stranded at airports

Holidays ruined, passengers camped out at the airport, numerous protests

Due to an unspecified "technical problem", air traffic in the United Kingdom went haywire on Monday and hundreds of thousands of passengers remained stranded at the airport. The effects continue today and will last for days, with delayed flights and long queues at airport security checks, as airlines try to clear the backlog of rescheduled flight connections.Among the main victims of the chaos at the...

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Cardiff, UK, 08/30/2023 09:15
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