Chaos has been reported at airports across the UK – as several airports have confirmed issues at the UK Border Agency.
Both Stansted and Gatwick airports said the issue was related to e-gates at passport control.
A Heathrow spokesperson said: “Border Force is currently experiencing a nationwide issue which is impacting passengers being processed through the border.
Teams are supporting Border Force with their contingency plans to help resolve the problem as quickly as possible and are on hand to provide passenger welfare. We apologise for any impact this is having to passenger journeys.
UK AIRPORTS CONFIRMED TO BE AFFECTED BY BORDER FORCE ISSUE
London Heathrow
London Gatwick
London Stansted
Manchester
Bristol
Southampton
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Last year, at the end of May, there were similar problems with e-gates and it took a day to resolve the issue as human officers had to check people’s passports while the automated machines were out of service.
The country’s air traffic system also suffered issues in August 2023 when a technical problem disrupted the National Air Traffic Service for several hours.
Gareth Edwards
Gareth is one of the founders and owners of final approach. Gareth covers many of the airports across the North west including Manchester, Liverpool & Hawarden. Gareth is the main designer of the website.
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