Crowds build at Heathrow as passport e-gates go down

Name: Crowds build at Heathrow as passport e-gates go down
Uploaded: 2024-05-08T08:36:58.000Z
Duration: 1 min 8 s
Description: Pictures on social media showed huge queues and crowds - with airports all confirming they had been affected by the issue with e-gates.

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A "nationwide issue" which caused huge delays at passport e-gates has been resolved, the Home Office has said.

Airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Bristol, Newcastle and Manchester all confirmed a Border Force problem was causing delays with arrivals late on Tuesday.

Pictures on social media showed huge queues and crowds - with airports all confirming they had been affected by the issue with e-gates.

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8 May