British Airways Strike Strands Thousands

This is not going to be good especially when London has just won the bid to host the Olympics in 2012.


Kristy Wigglesworth/Associated Press

A strike at British Airways that stranded tens of thousands
of travelers at Heathrow Airport in London ended Friday, but
fliers might be stuck a few more days as the airlines struggle
to recover.


By MICHELINE MAYNARD and GRAHAM BOWLEY
Published: August 13, 2005
The NY Times

A strike at British Airways that stranded tens of thousands
of travelers at Heathrow Airport in London ended yesterday,
but it may be several days before the airline can get all of
its angry and frustrated passengers to their destinations.

"We are just waiting to see what's coming next, and no one
seems to really know anything," Chuck Weinstein, 77, from
Boston told the BBC. He was trying to return to the United
States with his partner, Janet Gorham, after a trip to Prague.

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