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It all started to seem horribly familiar

By Kevin Done, Aerospace Correspondent

Published: March 27 2008 18:09 | Last updated: March 27 2008 18:09

Day One at Heathrow’s shiny new Terminal 5, and it suddenly all started to seem horribly familiar.

A growing mountain of misplaced bags. Angry, frustrated passengers in the arrivals hall. No announcements. No explanations of what was going wrong, that made any sense. British Airways ground staff present, but themselves bewildered with little useful information.

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