UK: Travel chaos at Heathrow after technical failure triggers more than 100 cancellations

Tens of thousands of passengers at Heathrow have had their flights cancelled or heavily delayed due to an IT failure involving check-in systems. At least 10,000 more have had their flights to or from the busiest airport in Europe cancelled Monday. The failure is affecting all 4 passenger terminals, both landside (before the security check) and airside. Departure gate information is being handwritten on whiteboards. More than 100 flights to and from the airport were cancelled during Sunday, the vast majority of them on British Airways. Some flights are departing with no checked baggage. A Heathrow spokesperson said: “We are continuing to experience technical issues which are currently being resolved. Besides the cancellations, passengers are experiencing long delays. <br/>