another couple of months from here. but the reality is things are gradually getting back to normal. there have been 40 to 50 flights that have been able to leave from heathrow. but for those passengers who had a difficult day yesterday, it s going to be a tough time getting back on those nights aflights a getting them back to the country, whichever way they re coming. what a slog. they ll have to work that through. nina del santos, thank you. the woman who sparked a diplomatic rowe is back home in queensland. she spent nine years in a bali prison. her case has attracted intense attention to australia with public debate over her guilt or innocence. sri lanka is experiencing terrible flooding. it s a bad situation, seems
this. they had to rely upon social kbleed a media and ask the media to tell passengers what to do and whether their flights why canceled or not. the departure boards at heathrow is working. if you are a passenger go to those types of websites. do not come to heathrow or gatwick if you don t know whether your flight is confirmed. back to you. nina del santos, thank you. two men killed as they tried to calm down a man allegedly shouting racist slurs. why eyewitnesses are calling him a hero. also racist rant caught on camera. why more people are reporting the incident and posting them online. you re watching cnn news line live from atlanta around the world. stay with us. finding time to get things done isn t easy.
determining what kind of expertise he h and once you find that out, it could potentially lied to other suspects and help police take down the network that was enabling him. lila, thank you. british airways hopes to get back to business today after a major computer outage grounded all the flights at two of london s largest airports. thousands of travelers are still stranded after a power supply issue brought down the system at heathrow and gatwick saturday. just a sea of people there. my goodness. there s no evidence of a cyber attack. they are working to reefund or rebook passengers who were affected. nina del santos is live at heathrow airport, and you ve talked to people as well. how are they holding up there,
nina? reporter: well, it s about 10:30 in the morning now, and they re managing to pack away their sleeping bags that they were issued by british airways. hotels were completely full. passengers were left for hours, sometimes up to six hours on the tarmac. one gentleman was arriving from belfast, transiting through here, going to bahrain. he arrived at 9:00 in the morning, they didn t get off the plane until about 1:30, then had to wait till 10:30, 11:00 in the airport until being issued a sleeping bag. they couldn t find a room for him. all flights are back up and running. they re hoping that the majority of services will be back up. having looked at the notice boards, the departure boards, it seems as though flights are back up and running after this i.t. power outage. but for those passengers who got
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