UK airport suspends all flights after heatwave 'melts' tarmac on runway

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However temperatures in Luton have reached 36C today causing chaos on the runway. Flights that are inbound to the airport are not being diverted as repairs are being carried out.The last flight to take off was believed to have been at 3.07pm.

The airport only has one runway.One furious passenger tweeted: "How long will this take?!?!?"Another wrote: "They have just closed the runway at Luton airport for at least an hour.

We were just about to be pushed back and they stopped everything. Inbound flights are being diverted.”Commenting on the disruption, Luton Airport said: "Following today's high temperatures, a surface defect was identified on the runway."Engineers were called immediately to site and repair works are currently in progress to resume operations as soon as possible."We would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused."The widespread disruption comes as the UK has been smothered by a heatwave today with some areas even braced for temperatures as high as 42C.