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Frankfurt passengers asked to stay home

2014-02-21 125 Dailymotion

It's the busiest day of the week for travellers.<br/> <br />But few people were able to travel anywhere from Frankfurt airport on Friday.<br/> <br />A strike by security staff brought chaos to Europe's third largest air hub.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: MARKO AICELE, PASSENGER FROM FINLAND, SAYING (English):<br/> <br />"I'm heading to Helsinki and now I've heard that all the security is closed, totally closed."<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: TIM OGER, PASSENGER FROM BRITAIN, SAYING (English):<br/> <br />"Now we have to try and get the bags back. It seems they don't have a process for doing this. I should imagine there's lots of people trying to get their baggage back because they can't make flights. It's absolute chaos, not very impressive, not very German."<br/> <br />At least 50 flights were cancelled and thousands of passengers delayed.<br/> <br />The biggest problem was getting people checked in and through security.<br/> <br />Frankfurt airport's spokesman Mike Schweitzer asked other travellers to stay at home.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: FRANKFURT AI

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