聖夜の寒波、欧州を襲う。空港は大混乱・・・・
せっかくの休暇が降雪と低温で台無し。イブの夜を空港ロビーで過ごした客は数千。
（右の写真は、搭乗をあきらめた乗客が空港ロビー内に建てたテントです。）
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Across the Atlantic, thousands of travelers including Americans are in a race against the clock to get home for the holidays only to be told to get ready to camp out a long wait. NICK WATT reports from London tonight.
The busiest international airport on earth, the busiest travel week of the year. Thousands of passengers are now trapped in what they are calling HOTEL HEATHROW. They won’t make it home for the holidays.
My son and I come home, it’s like a present to my parents. and I was even going to surprise them a little bit.
With London’s worst snow in twenty five years and the coldest in December in hundred years, Heathrow is just not equipped to deal with it.
“I’m truly sorry for every spoiled Christmas holiday, every disrupted travel plan.
In Germany today, a thousand flights were cancelled. In Paris a third of all flights grounded.
“Our flight coming in was Air France ? ” The guy on the left is a French transport minister. “Our flight was cancelled, we weren’t told the the flight was cancelled.” In Brussels, they just ran out of de-icer “They are closing the airport now, right?” Right. Closed until Wednesday, at the earliest.
Many roads across Europe are also a mess, and the railways, well that is a five hour line snaking around London’s international Train Station. Some passengers are angry, but most are sanguine “I’ve just stayed in the cold for three hours. I’ve got no blood left actuallly getting excited. So we just sit there and wait.” “If I have to take a boat, I will.” “Good. Determination. Good luck. I hope you make it.” Sadly the news isn’t great tonight. The temperature is gonna plummet again and a lot more snow is forecast.
Nick Watt. ABC News London.