Tony Green spent five hours trying to get through airport passport control and collect his bag after arriving on a flight from Tenerife
Tony Green arrived back at Manchester Airport in the early hours of Sunday from Tenerife said it was so chaotic at baggage reclaim he had to leave his bag there. at the airport, forcing departing flights to be cancelled and arrivals to be diverted as staff struggled to restore systems.
Passengers queue outside Terminal 1 after an overnight power cut led to disruptions and cancellations at Manchester Airport But when he disembarked the plane and got to passport control it was in complete darkness. What then ensued was a five-hour ordeal of delays and lack of information, he said.He spent an hour waiting in the darkness with fellow passengers at passport control before a member of staff told them they were trying to restore the electricity.
“A swarm of flights had just landed in T1, there were loads of screaming babies with no food, no water, no prams as they weren’t putting any bags, prams etc on any carousel”, he said, “Thousands of people were trying to find their bags on like six carousels in one terminal all at the same time – absolute carnage.”
Parul Singh was trying to fly out of Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport on Sunday morning, with her partner, heading for Antalya in Turkey when they were caught up in the disruption.: “I’m autistic, I had a meltdown while on the plane due to baggage not coming with us and had to deplane.The 28-year-old said their flight was due to leave at 8:35am but they were only called to bag drop at around 8:15am.
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