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On Day 3 Of Cancellation Chaos, British Airways Edges Closer To Recovery

A "catastrophic" IT systems failure has disrupted roughly 75,000 British Airways passengers' flights since it struck the company Saturday morning. "We profusely apologize," the airline's CEO said.
A board at Heathrow Airport in London displays a slew of cancellations for British Airways flights on Saturday. An IT systems failure laid waste to flyers' plans at the U.K.'s two major airports over the weekend, and the situation is yet to be completely resolved as of Monday. / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / Getty Images

It was a rough holiday weekend for British Airways.

Beginning Saturday, an incident the airline as a "major IT systems failure" brought its operations to a grinding halt in the U.K. Thousands

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