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British Airways passengers face chaos after latest IT failures

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A British Airways aircraft taxis past BA tail-fins at Heathrow Airport, west London, July 29, 2008 [Photo, Reuters]

Thousands of British Airways passengers had to endure cancellations, delays and long queues at airports as the airline suffered its third major computer failure in a little more than two years.

Wednesday’s woes are the latest in a string of problems at BA, which was fined Sh23.8 b (USD230 million) last month for a huge customer data breach and is bracing for potential strikes in a pay dispute with its pilots.

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