Hundreds of Heathrow and Gatwick flights delayed up to 11 hours as heatwave turns to thunderstorms

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Passengers wait in the check in area of Gatwick Airport as flights are cancelled or delayed, in Horley, south of London on July 19, 2024. The British government said Friday that it had activated its civil contingencies committee to handle the response to a global IT outage that hit UK transport and health services. Airports including London Luton, Belfast and Edinburgh warned of longer waiting times for passengers because of the glitch, which was apparently caused by an update to an antivirus programme. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP) (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images)
The UK’s heatwave has turned into stormy weather delaying nearly 800 flights to and from the airport (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

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