Passengers affected by the power cut claim they have been left with missing bags, and faced paying hundreds of pounds for new tickets
The chaos began on Sunday at around 1.30am when a power cut disrupted operations in terminals one and two. Some 70 flights had to be cancelled and other inbound flights diverted.
“When we arrived at the airport there was a lot of people sat on the floor, it was really busy, and there were some delays on the flight list – but we didn’t make much of it because there was no kind of information being shared at that point about any issue having happened during the night,” she said.
“We were basically just left there waiting for about an hour and a half but we finally managed to check in the bags. Again, no communication about any issues happening with them and we just thought maybe they’re short-staffed, she said. Aurora fears she may not be entitled to compensation as “it’s not the airline’s fault” she missed the flight. She claims Manchester airport did not give them any information about what they are entitled to.
Sarah Merriman, meanwhile, was flying back from a holiday in Rhodes, Greece, when she and her husband, Mark, 59, were left waiting for hours with their fellow passengers after their plane landed at around 3am on Sunday morning outside terminal two. The charity worker said: “Everybody was kind of stood waiting, and then we waited and we waited, and waited, and nothing happened.”
Ms Merriman said she was told to wait at the carrousel to collect her baggage, but realised there were “people from three or four different flights” waiting with “very few” bags being released.
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