Paris airport pandemonium as bag handler breaks

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 05, 2023 12:05 am

Paris, France: With just one year to go before Paris hosts the Olympic Games, one of the city's airports suffered an unprecedented breakdown Thursday that led to a mountain of luggage piling up and delayed flights.

A breakdown in the luggage-sorting equipment at terminal four of Orly airport meant that baggage had to be handled by hand.

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