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Breakdown Snarls New Heathrow Terminal

New terminal opens with baggage meltdown, dozens of cancellations

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 28, 2008 4:15 AM CDT

(Newser) – The gleaming new Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport had a disastrous opening yesterday as its state-of-the-art baggage handling facility crashed and 34 flights were canceled. British Airways, the only airline flying out of the new terminal, suspended baggage check-in by the afternoon, and arriving passengers... Read full story »

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