The boss of the UK's biggest airport has slammed a social media hack which suggests passengers can beat lengthy airport queues by pretending they need special wheelchair assistance. A recent TikTok post showed a holidaymaker faking a foot injury to be fast-tracked through an airport.
John Holland-Kaye, boss of Heathrow Airport, told LBC that some passengers are "using wheelchair support to get through the airport faster", adding it was "the wrong thing to do". Earlier this year, a holidaymaker returning from Ibiza posted a clip of him pretending to be suffering from a foot injury and unable to walk without assistance to skip queues.
@WolfJenko wrote: "Faked hurting my leg to get through security faster and onto the plane back from Ibiza."
