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July 19th and 20th - Your rights if caught up in the Crowdstrike IT meltdown
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The Independent’s travel correspondent Simon Calder has explained what your rights are if your flight has been cancelled or delayed by the global IT outage.
A botched software update brought down systems worldwide on Friday (19 July), resulting in a massive disruption to flights across the country.
I explain your rights as a passenger caught up in the resultant mayhem.
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