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| Spanish bomb disrupts UK holidays | Spanish bomb disrupts UK holidays |
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| British holidaymakers are facing travel chaos after roads, ports and the airport on the island of Majorca were closed following a bomb attack. | British holidaymakers are facing travel chaos after roads, ports and the airport on the island of Majorca were closed following a bomb attack. |
| Some travellers risk being stranded at the airport in Palma, while others may not be able to take off from the UK. | Some travellers risk being stranded at the airport in Palma, while others may not be able to take off from the UK. |
| Tour operator Thomson said four flights were en route to the Spanish island when the news of the bombing broke, and two were returning to Gatwick Airport. | Tour operator Thomson said four flights were en route to the Spanish island when the news of the bombing broke, and two were returning to Gatwick Airport. |
| Travellers are being told to check their plans with their airline. | Travellers are being told to check their plans with their airline. |
| It is not known when the airport on the popular island will re-open. | It is not known when the airport on the popular island will re-open. |
| Planes diverted | |
| Travel association Abta said there were an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 Britons in Majorca at present. | |
| The other two Thomson Airways flights are expected to be diverted to one of the other Balearic islands. | |
| Several airlines have UK flights that are scheduled to leave for Majorca this evening. | |
| Two Easyjet flights and one British Airways plane are due to leave Gatwick from 1740 BST onwards. They are also scheduled to make return trips. | |
| A spokeswoman for the Sussex airport said she was expecting Palma airport to re-open later this evening. | |
| Three in-bound flights are due to arrive at Stansted Airport, Essex, from 1730 BST onwards. | |
| In Scotland, two flights left for Majorca from Glasgow and Edinburgh around 1500 BST. An aircraft is due to arrive in Glasgow from Majorca at 2050 BST, and another at Edinburgh at 1710 BST. | |
| Tour company Thomas Cook had four flights due to leave to and from Majorca tomorrow and a large number on Saturday. | |
| A spokeswoman said: "Our people out in Majorca are now attempting to contact holidaymakers in the hotels to tell them what's going on." | |
| A Foreign Office spokesman said that so far there had been no reports of any British people being injured in the blast. |