Sanjay and Cloe Sethi were dozing in their seats aboard an Air Canada flight to London early Friday when they were woken up by an unusual announcement over the loudspeaker.

It was around 1 a.m., Sanjay said in an interview, when the pilot informed passengers that the plane would be turning around and returning to Toronto because London Heathrow airport had been temporarily shut down.

Other fliers rerouted by the closure of Heathrow found themselves back where they started or in a different British airport.{ai:summary}<p>Passengers aboard an Air Canada flight to London were awakened early Friday by an announcement that the plane would return to Toronto due to a temporary shutdown of London Heathrow airport. The incident occurred around 1 a.m. as travelers were dozing in their seats. #travel</p>

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