Tallest Building: london airport

london heathrow airport terminal 5

So far it hasn’t worked out quite as planned. An opening day meltdown at T5 has resulted in hundreds of cancelled flights, something in the neighborhood of 15,000 lost bags, and a public relations nightmare for British Airways executives, who were said to be partying it up while chaos unfolded at their new showpiece.

According to reports from the British press (who, by the way, are having a field day ripping British Airways to shreds) the problems started with Terminal 5’s super-high tech baggage handling system – a network of motorized carts and underground belts that can allegedly handle 12,500 bags per hour.

Many of the early shift baggage handlers reporting for work on opening day couldn’t find parking spaces at the new terminal or got stuck at security checkpoints, creating a huge staffing shortage. Those who did make it in either couldn’t log into the computerized baggage sorting system or didn’t know how it worked (not good news if you handle baggage for a living). As a result belts began jamming up, and the first three flights of the morning took off without any luggage on board at all. Instead, those bags piled up at the terminal.

london heathrow airport terminal 5

london heathrow airport terminal 5

london heathrow airport terminal 5

london heathrow airport terminal 5

london heathrow airport terminal 5

london heathrow airport terminal 5

london heathrow airport terminal 5

london heathrow airport terminal 5

london heathrow airport

If singer/rapper M.I.A.'s purpose was to get people talking about her new single "Born Free," she succeeded.

The Sri Lankan-born artist debuted the graphic video on Monday. Immediately, fans took to social media to debate its scenes of military force, violence and brutality.

"M.I.A. is a provocateur and someone who tries to rile people up in a variety of ways," said Saul Austerlitz, author of "Money for Nothing: A History of the Music Video from the Beatles to the White Stripes."

"I think one of the main routes that she takes to that end is the political, and this video has a lot of political resonances, things like Guantanamo, the Iraqi insurgency and the Taliban all sort of jumbled together and rebranded."

london heathrow airport

london heathrow airport

london heathrow airport

london heathrow airport

london heathrow airport

london heathrow airport

london heathrow airport

london heathrow airport

london airport

London Heathrow Airport in 1965. Nearest the camera are two BOAC aircraft - a Vickers VC10 (with the high tail) and a Boeing 707. Then two PanAm 707s. (Between them I think there’s an Air India 707) The aircraft vaguely seen in the distance, on the far right, is a BEA Argosy (with twin booms). On the left in the background are two Air Canada DC-8's.