French news channel BFMTV reported that Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) suffered a technical problem, leaving at least 50 percent of the baggage of passengers stuck at the airport. The technical issue lasted till 5 pm, leaving half the passengers without their luggage at their destination.
CDG airport employees were also on strike on July 1, demanding higher wages, Xinhua news agency reported. The French Civil Aviation Authority has urged airlines to reduce the number of flights departing and arriving at the airport by 17 percent. BFMTV said on July 2 that at least 10 per cent of flights were cancelled.
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“It (cause) was a technical problem that has not been fixed because there is no further maintenance,” Emmanuel Duchemin-Humbert, spokesman for the Paris Union airport’s Fors oeuvre, told BFMTV. BFMTV said the strike will continue till Sunday (July 3) and further strikes are expected to last from July 8-10 and July 13-17.
Recently, technical problems with the luggage system at London’s Heathrow Airport resulted in the cancellation of 30 flights, affecting 5,000 passengers. The picture of a pile of luggage went viral on the social media platform.
(With inputs from IANS)