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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Paul Britton & James McNeill

Boy 'faints and collapses to floor' in Manchester Airport queues

A boy has 'fainted' and collapsed as he waited with his family to get through passport control at Manchester airport a holidaymaker has claimed.

The passenger who shared the photograph of the long queue said that the boy - whose exact age is unknown - was assisted at the scene by airport staff. Concerns were also raised over newborn babies forced to endure the wait with their parents and families.

The passenger said extra UK Border Force officers were urgently needed at Terminal One passport control at the airport, claiming returning passengers were forced to queue up for more than an hour on Thursday afternoon, the Manchester Evening News reports.

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