Business | Going nowhere
Like thousands of unlucky flyers, our Buttonwood columnist was caught up in the mayhem

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By Buttonwood
BRITISH AIRWAYS usually relishes the spring bank-holiday weekend, as families take advantage of the extended break to jet off somewhere pleasant. This year's won't end soon enough for the airline. A catastrophic computer failure on May 27th grounded over a thousand flights and caused chaos for flyers.

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