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Article: Baggage system problems causes delays at Sydney Airport.
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- August 21, 2000
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Another problem with the new AUD25m baggage system at Sydney Airport, Australia, caused delays on Sunday 20 August.
Eric Aubert, a spokesman for Sydney Airports Corporation said that up to 20 flights were delayed and the average delay for passengers was 10 minutes, but airline workers said that 14 Qantas flights and 13 other foreign flights were delayed for up to 80 minutes.
According to The Associated Press, it is the fifth time in a month that the baggage system has collapsed and on Monday an additional AUD1.2m was pledged to fix the system. Tony Stuart, chief executive of ...