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By Jack Troughton BRITISH airline Monarch was grounded early on Monday morning; stranding thousands of passengers abroad and ruining the plans of
travellers with tickets to take off in the near future. The UK’s fifth largest carrier failed after being unable to solve its financial woes - and 50 years of service was consigned to history with
its aircraft left parked on the tarmac. The Civil Aviation Authority took over the huge task of getting people back to Britain in a major “unprecedented” operation after the airline, based at Luton, called in the administrators. It is the largest ever peacetime repatriation, according to Transport Secretary Chris Grayling. He said: “This is a hugely distressing situation for British holidaymakers abroad, and my first priority is to help them get back to the UK.” The government also pledged that while immediate priority was to return passengers to the UK, it would give “full consideration to how this happened and what can be done to stop it happening again in the future — including through legislation if needed”. Continued page Page 5