Passengers left 'screaming' as major UK airport suspends all flights and orders arrivals elsewhere
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Passengers have been left "screaming" as a major UK airport has cancelled all flights and ordered arrival flights elsewhere as it deals with a suspected runway defect.
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The airport initially halted departures and arrivals from 18:08pm on Friday evening, with the closure originally set to last until 08:00am on Saturday.
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That deadline has since been pushed back to at least 08:00am, leaving hundreds of travellers stranded with no clear indication of when normal service might resume.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The airport has cited the need for urgent inspection and repair work on an affected section of the runway, though officials have declined to provide any further detail about what caused the problem.
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Passengers have described the defect simply as "a hole in the runway."Scenes inside the terminal on Friday night were described as deeply...
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