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The airport said a company that supplies fuel to aircraft at the airport had "a failure of their system".
Thousands of pbadengers traveling to and from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam have been subject to delays and canceled flights due to refueling problems of the aircraft in the turntable of European aviation.
Airport spokeswoman, Willemeike Koster, said that 180 flights had been canceled at the airport located just outside Amsterdam, blocking pbadengers at Schiphol and d & # 39; Other airports. Beds on the ground were installed at the airport as a precaution in case pbadengers were forced to wait for the night for their flights, Koster said. The Associated Press.
It is unclear how many pbadengers have been affected by delays and cancellations, but Koster said that number has risen to several thousand.
The airport said a company that supplies fuel to aircraft at the airport had "a system failure, which means planes can not be refueled at the moment, resulting in delays." The airport said it was working with Aircraft Fuel Supply to try to solve the problem.
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"We still do not know how long it will take, but we expect it will last a long time in the evening," Schiphol said. "We regret any inconvenience to travelers and airlines."
Koster said only a third of the usual flights arrived at Schiphol on Wednesday night. Even less were leaving.
"If they have enough gas, they can go," Koster said. "There are planes taking off, but it's at a minimum level."
The Dutch airline KLM said that it was possible that flights were canceled Thursday also due to a "gradual restart" of operations at the airport.
The fuel problem occurred during the busy summer holidays in the Netherlands and on a day marked by a heat wave that reached record temperatures. The Dutch meteorological service Weerplaza reported that the southern city of Eindhoven reported a temperature of 39.3 degrees Celsius (102.7 F), the country's hottest day in 75 years.
Airport spokesman Hans van Kastel told the Dutch TV channel NOS that the fuel problem would not be heat related.
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