PASSENGERS have been warned of travel chaos at Manchester Airport after a power cut this evening.
Travellers making their way through the major airport have been hit with delays following the outage.
Airport bosses confirmed the power failure was located in Terminal 3.
They said it sparked disruption at passport control as computer terminals went down.
The lights also went off inside the building which led to hundreds of queuing travellers “being shoehorned into corridors”, as reported by the M.E.N.
One passenger fumed on social media: “We are being held with no details on delays or possible cancellations.”
Another vented: “I think flights are affected though as the first officer and crew came out of the plane to tell us we’re delayed as we’re waiting for someone from the power company to come.”
“Flights are very much affected,”claimed a third.
Someone else penned: “We’re sat on a plane with no fuel and have been told incoming flights are diverted. Definitely affected.”
One holidaymaker added: “Delayed over an hour sitting onboard, air conditioning turned off, waiting for fuel.
This was echoed by another scathing comment which read: “We too are sat on plane… fastened to a jetty that cannot be released without power.”
Replacement buses were brought in to transport passengers from Terminal 3 to Terminal 1.
Immigration staff had been forced to use laptops instead of the official system to check travel documents.
A Manchester Airport spokesperson stated on X: “We’re aware of a technical issue affecting some systems in Terminal 3 this evening.
“Flights are not affected. We are working to fix this issue as soon as possible and apologise for any inconvenience.
“Our customer service and resilience teams are on hand to assist passengers.”
People due to travel should come to the airport as normal, the airport added.
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