Passengers at Gatwick Airport were left without flushing toilets, running taps or drinks on Sunday 26 July after a major water outage shut facilities across both terminals and forced bars and restaurants to close.
The disruption, which Gatwick and supplier SES Water blamed on a power failure at the Bough Beech treatment works, led the airport to hand out bottled water as travellers reported long queues, closed loos and limited information.