Gatwick airport baggage system failure forces passengers to fly without luggage

Breakdown of system for sorting and delivering suitcases to planes causing delays in run-up to bank holiday weekendPassengers have been flying from Gatwick without their luggage after a breakdown in the airport’s baggage system delayed check-ins and caused chaos in terminals. The airport announced the problem with its system for sorting and delivering bags to planes on Twitter just after 5.30am on Friday morning. Related: Revealed: details of Sergey Brin's secret plans to build the world's