The airline's chief executive, Sean Doyle, reportedly wrote to his Heathrow counterpart, Thomas Woldbye, to request compensation after the luggage systems at Terminal 5 broke down.

A sea of bags were left stranded at Heathrow Airport following a system failure, leaving fuming passengers arriving at their destinations without any belongings

The airline's chief executive, Sean Doyle, reportedly wrote to his Heathrow counterpart, Thomas Woldbye, to request compensation after the luggage systems at Terminal 5 broke down.