Widespread failures of electronic passport gate systems across UK airports has today caused long delays for people arriving in the country - as the final bank holiday getaway of May takes place.
Travellers taking to social media detailed having to wait in lengthy queues for hours at a time at a number of popular airports, including Heathrow and Gatwick in the capital, as they were forced to have their passports checked by hand.
It comes after automated machines at a number of UK airports failed, leaving travellers to revert to the old-fashioned physical way of checking in upon arrival - on a weekend where millions are expected to take to the roads and public transport.
