Newcastle among UK airports hit by UK-wide passport e-gate failure

The Straits Times

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Media Conglomerate: Singapore Press Holdings

UK passport control hit by outage causing long waits at airports

Videos posted on social media platform X showed long queues of passengers at passport desks. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Anadolu Ajansı

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Government: Government of Turkey

Passport e-gate outage causes chaos at UK airports

Stansted, Gatwick airports confirm problem stems from e-gates malfunctioning at passport control - Anadolu Ajansı

The Northern Echo

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Media Conglomerate: Gannett

Newcastle among UK airports hit by UK-wide passport e-gate failure

Newcastle Airport was among those hit by a UK-wide failure of passport e-gates at border control on Tuesday (May 7) evening.

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Problems with passport controls: chaos at British airports

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Chaos in passport control at British airports

On Tuesday evening, there were problems with passport controls at several British airports. Long snakes were seen in photos circulating on social media at London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports, as well as at Manchester Airport. Reports indicated that the so-called e-gates, the passages with electronic passport controls, had failed.