Heathrow passengers were forced to take their summer holidays without their luggage due to a glitch in the carousel system, airport admits.

Multiple flights took off on Tuesday afternoon without their passengers luggage as a technical error saw chaos in Terminal 2.

The incident comes as strikes planned by more than 4,000 workers at Heathrow airport set to take place on Friday and Saturday have been suspended while they vote on a new pay offer, Unite said.

However, for holiday makers who have yet to be reunited with their luggage the announcement is of little consolation.

Customer, Ligia García-Béjar who was on her way to an important conference begged Aer Lingus to help relocate her with her luggage after it was “lost” leaving her without clothes in Belfast.

She said: “I really need your help @AerLingus my bag from London-Belfast didn’t get into the plane because of some issue with the system.

“I have a conference today and I don’t have anything to wear but the worst part is I don’t know where my bag is. Please help! I need you to solve this problem.”

This afternoon, she reported that she still had not been reunited with her luggage.