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Old Jun 3, 2017 | 5:09 am
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Originally Posted by navylad
And this is where we are awaiting clarity on why his IB flight was affected, as it will guide who is then responsible. Either way, if it was as a result of the IT issue at BA, they should probably just agree to pay up as the media would love such a story.
Tend to agree but it does raise an interesting question.

If a Virgin plane goes tech and breaks down during pushback blocking in a BA plane one would assume BA could legitimately claim extraordinary circumstances.

If an IAG subsidiary aircraft goes tech and blocks another IAG subsidiary aircraft then what?
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