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		</div><p>Holidaymakers are facing disruption due to a system problem with British Airways.<br />
It came as scores of Britons headed overseas for the long weekend and half-term school holidays on Saturday morning. A spokeswoman for the airline said: &#8220;We apologise to customers who are facing some delays following an IT outage this morning. We are working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.&#8221;</p>
<p>BA&#8217;s website was unavailable and some travellers claimed they could not check in on the mobile app, with many venting their frustration on social media. One passenger, Henry Tail, tweeted: &#8220;Hey @British_Airways, couldn&#8217;t log in to the app with my boarding pass on because systems were down and I missed my flight. What can I do?</p>
<p>Another, Nadia Whittley, posted: &#8220;British airways computers down T5 and standstill, stranded on the plane and they make us pay for food!! Please retweet this indicency! (SIC)&#8221;<br />
Julie Adie wrote: &#8220;We are on the runway.. For hour now..no offer of drinks..and because ba only takes cards now, we only have cash&#8230;wat we supposed to do!!?? (SIC).</p>
<p>Melissa Davis, who runs MD Communications, a legal PR agency in London, was held for more than an hour and a half on the tarmac at Heathrow, on board a BA flight returning from Belfast. Speaking from the plane, Miss Davis said the air conditioning had been off &#8220;so I don&#8217;t think we will be going anywhere any time soon&#8221;, but added that the passengers had been kept informed by their pilot and given water while they remained seated.</p>
<p>She later said she and others were then told they could not transfer to other flights because &#8220;they can&#8217;t bring up our details&#8221;. Mr Tail, a 27-year-old teacher from London, claimed he had missed his flight to Rome because of the technical problems.</p>
<p>&#8220;I checked in online using the BA app at 8.15 for my flight at 9.25, then went and had breakfast,&#8221; he said.<br />
&#8220;At some point the app restarted and when I went to go through security I couldn&#8217;t log in to my booking to get my QR code. &#8220;This meant I couldn&#8217;t go through security, and by the time I&#8217;d gone back and forth to various customer service desks the flight had closed,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve tried to call customer services but their systems are still down so they weren&#8217;t able to help me, and they told me it was a worldwide issue,&#8221; he added. Gareth Wharton, also at Heathrow Terminal 5, tweeted a picture of BA staff writing gate information on a whiteboard amid the systems outage.</p>
<p>It comes a day after passengers at Gatwick Airport faced chaotic scenes and long queues due to a baggage system problem. Those taking flights on Friday were forced to travel without their hold bags and were asked to carry any essential items in their hand luggage.</p>
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