The plane was stuck on the tarmac at Athens airport in 38ºC sun yesterday after the air conditioning units failed. Passenger Garth Collins claimed 'Passengers were left stranded on the plane for 3.5 hours with doors closed and no air con.' 'Passengers were literally dehydrating and passing out on the plane.
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Footage shows people on the aircraft set to travel to Doha, Qatar, struggling to breath and sweating profusely after being stranded on the tarmac for at least three hours. Temperatures in Athens reached 38C on Tuesday and have only gone up since, forcing the Hellenic Met Office to issue a warning. The Acropolis was among the tourist attractions forced to be closed during the heatwave, alongside schools in the Greek capital.
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