Lufthansa Planes Unable To Leave Germany - Texas Today
At Frankfurt Airport, more than 200 flights had to be canceled because construction work broke broadband cables and made it hard for Lufthansa to check in passengers and get them on planes. But the airline said that things were back to normal. Earlier on Wednesday, flights worldwide were canceled or delayed, stranding thousands of people. The airline thinks that Frankfurt will get back to normal on Thursday. The company said that a group of cables was accidentally cut while engineers were working on a train line in Frankfurt on Tuesday. It told people who were taking domestic flights to book train tickets instead and said that people could use its website to ask for a refund. Lufthansa said on Twitter, “We are quickly working on a solution.” FlightAware, a website that keeps track of flights, says that more than 100 flights have also been late. Some travelers said on social media that the German airline switched to organizing boarding by hand and couldn’t handle bags digitally. One cus...