Holiday flights grind to a halt

On Friday 26 May, lots of children across the country left school, happily looking forward to their half-term break. Some families were staying in the UK, making the most of the weekend sunshine, while others headed to the airports for a trip abroad. The last thing that many travellers wanted was to start their holiday by getting stuck at the airport, but that’s exactly what happened, after a catastrophic power failure caused major disruption to flights around the world. What happened? On 27 May, all British Airways (BA) flights were grounded from Heathrow and Gatwick airports. This means that the company decided to cancel all flights from both airports, disrupting the plans of thousands of passengers on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. According to BA, 75,000…

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