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Heat Wave Leaves London Luton Airport With Runway Defect

Passenger aircraft on the tarmac at London Luton Airport in January. — Passenger aircraft on the tarmac at London Luton Airport in January.
Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg

By

Sarah Jacob and

Eamon Akil Farhat

July 18, 2022, 4:12 PM UTC

Engineers have been called in to repair a surface defect at London Luton Airport’s runway caused by Monday’s high temperatures amid a heat wave that looks set to shatter records.

The airport is working to resume operations as soon as possible, it said in a Tweet.