Charlotte Gallagher
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Well, because this airport is so crucial and deals with hundreds of thousands of passengers every day and 1,300 flights every day, it's having a huge knock-on effect because the aircraft aren't where they're supposed to be. So they've not taken off from Heathrow to go to various airports around the world. Aeroplanes that are stuck at various airports to come to Heathrow, they're stuck there.
Well, because this airport is so crucial and deals with hundreds of thousands of passengers every day and 1,300 flights every day, it's having a huge knock-on effect because the aircraft aren't where they're supposed to be. So they've not taken off from Heathrow to go to various airports around the world. Aeroplanes that are stuck at various airports to come to Heathrow, they're stuck there.
So it's this huge strategic mess, basically. They don't know where to put people at the moment. And some aeroplanes have been able to land at nearby airports like Gatwick Airport. Others have gone to Munich, they've gone to Paris, they've gone to Shannon and Ireland. But it's having this massive effect.
So it's this huge strategic mess, basically. They don't know where to put people at the moment. And some aeroplanes have been able to land at nearby airports like Gatwick Airport. Others have gone to Munich, they've gone to Paris, they've gone to Shannon and Ireland. But it's having this massive effect.
And even though the airport will be hopefully back open at midnight tonight, there's not going to be this magic wand that means everything's going to go back to normal and the schedule will be up and running because... The aircraft simply aren't where they're supposed to be.
And even though the airport will be hopefully back open at midnight tonight, there's not going to be this magic wand that means everything's going to go back to normal and the schedule will be up and running because... The aircraft simply aren't where they're supposed to be.
So there's going to be a couple of days of really significant disruption at Heathrow Airport and other airports across the world.
So there's going to be a couple of days of really significant disruption at Heathrow Airport and other airports across the world.
It really depends. So some airlines will be paying compensation to their passengers, but some airlines won't be covered by the same sort of rules. And then, of course, the airlines will be approaching Heathrow Airport and saying, hang on a second, you know, this isn't our problem that you didn't have the power and we're out of pocket probably by millions of dollars.
It really depends. So some airlines will be paying compensation to their passengers, but some airlines won't be covered by the same sort of rules. And then, of course, the airlines will be approaching Heathrow Airport and saying, hang on a second, you know, this isn't our problem that you didn't have the power and we're out of pocket probably by millions of dollars.
So that will have to be sorted out. And of course, as well, in the coming days, there'll be this huge inquest into finding out how a fire could take out passengers. Europe's busiest airport and cause all this disruption. And of course, they'll want to find out how it happened and how it can never happen again.
So that will have to be sorted out. And of course, as well, in the coming days, there'll be this huge inquest into finding out how a fire could take out passengers. Europe's busiest airport and cause all this disruption. And of course, they'll want to find out how it happened and how it can never happen again.
There are thousands and thousands of pages of documents and they are accounts from CIA agents. There's also looks like they're ledgers to me of accounting. There's maps. There are all sorts of things in this tranche of documents. The problem is you can't search. You can't filter. So even if you know what you're looking for, it's actually really hard to find it.
There are thousands and thousands of pages of documents and they are accounts from CIA agents. There's also looks like they're ledgers to me of accounting. There's maps. There are all sorts of things in this tranche of documents. The problem is you can't search. You can't filter. So even if you know what you're looking for, it's actually really hard to find it.
And this document here, it's a really bad photocopy. And it's actually even hard to read the text. And there's acronyms that people like me and you won't understand. There's codes. Some people have code names. So I think even for the real history buffs that know a lot about JFK and a lot about the JFK assassination...
And this document here, it's a really bad photocopy. And it's actually even hard to read the text. And there's acronyms that people like me and you won't understand. There's codes. Some people have code names. So I think even for the real history buffs that know a lot about JFK and a lot about the JFK assassination...
this is going to be something that's going to take a few days, a few weeks to really get to the bottom of.
this is going to be something that's going to take a few days, a few weeks to really get to the bottom of.
There are a few nuggets that we don't think we knew before. So, for example, there's a conversation between a CIA agent and someone in the KGB, which was the Soviet intelligence agency. And they're talking about Lee Harvey Oswald, who shot JFK. And KGB say, oh, he wasn't one of ours. But when he was in the Soviet Union, we were watching him.
There are a few nuggets that we don't think we knew before. So, for example, there's a conversation between a CIA agent and someone in the KGB, which was the Soviet intelligence agency. And they're talking about Lee Harvey Oswald, who shot JFK. And KGB say, oh, he wasn't one of ours. But when he was in the Soviet Union, we were watching him.