Edinburgh Airport passengers were forced to wait for hours outside in sweltering heat to pick up luggage amid record-breaking UK heatwave
Passengers at Edinburgh Airport waited outside for hours in sweltering heat on Tuesday to pick up their luggage, as temperatures reached, travelers were given the option to either endure a long wait, or come back at a later time to collect their bags from a temporary outdoor facility set up by Swissport, one of three international cargo handlers serving the airport.
On Tuesday, as frustrated travelers searched for their bags outside, it was reportedly 104.2 degrees — the highest temperature on record in a region not accustomed to extreme heat. "People here are not really trained to deal with the heat as somebody from a southern country would," George Havenith, professor of environmental physiology and ergonomics of Loughborough University,
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