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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Paul Britton

Manchester Airport warns of passenger delays as passport control e-gates fail

Manchester Airport has warned passengers they may face 'longer waiting times' after passport control e-gates went down at all UK airports.

The issue, according to the Home Office, is affecting holidaymakers flying back into airports from abroad. It will mean all passengers will have to pass through manned passport control desks at immigration.

The computer system controlling electronic passport control gates is understood to have gone down nationally late last night and into the early hours of this morning.

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