Travel chaos continue after massive technical failure at London airport
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, file photo, British Airways planes are parked at Heathrow Airport in London. (Photo: AP)

LONDON, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Flights are continuing to be disrupted at Heathrow Airport on Monday due to a massive technical failure of the system handling check-in and flight information in all four passenger terminals.

At least 58 of the day's arrivals -- equivalent to 9 percent -- were cancelled on Monday due to a knock-on effect of the problem, which happened Sunday, according to the London-based Evening Standard newspaper, adding that a further 30 departing flights were also grounded from the country's busiest airport.

"Following yesterday's technical issue, Heathrow's systems are stable and the airport is operating as normal. We apologize for the inconvenience this caused our passengers," said a Heathrow spokesman.

All the flights affected Monday were operated by British Airways, the largest airline at the airport.

"The technical issue with Heathrow Airport's systems has now been resolved. But after 10 hours of disruption across all terminals, we do expect to see a knock-on effect to today's short-haul schedule," said a British Airways spokeswoman.

The problems compounded the misery for British air passengers after Storm Dennis had caused hundreds of cancellations over the weekend.

Meanwhile, easyJet's schedules were also heavily reduced, with flights grounded at airports such as Gatwick, Luton and Bristol, the newspaper said.