Champions League: Arsenal squad stranded five hours at airport ahead of Lens clash

<p>Arsenal’s players and coaches were stranded at Luton Airport for five hours ahead of their Champions League group game at Lens on Tuesday night.</p>, <p>The Gunners were scheduled to travel to France on Monday afternoon. And manager Mikel Arteta was due to speak to the media at 6pm UK time.</p>, <p>But a storm in the surrounding areas of Luton Airport saw Arsenal’s chartered flight delayed.</p>, <p>The UK Mirror reports that Arsenal will not face a fine, as the incident was out of their control.</p>, <p>Their flight eventually took off in the evening and Arteta was ultimately forced to conduct his media duties over the phone.</p>, <p>Arsenal won their first game against PSV 4-0 at the Emirates.</p>