FURIOUS passengers have been stuck on planes and in massive queues for hours as "utter chaos" has hit Manchester Airport. Screaming kids and marooned flyers have been "kicking off" at airline staff after a power cut led to widespread flight cancellations . 7 Passengers queue outside Terminal 1 after a power cut has led to widespread cancellations Credit: Reuters 7 A sea of suitcases was in the airport after conveyorbelts stopped inside the terminal Credit: Zenpix 7 People arriving from all over the world faced delays Credit: Reuters The disruption is so bad that Manchester Airport has told those departing to stay away from Terminals 1 and 2 and any planes arriving might get sent to a different airport.
Travellers have shared their nightmare experiences of standing in queues for hours and trying to find luggage amongst a sea of suitcases. Ian Ellison, 42, told The Sun there were up to 10,000 people in Terminal 2 and described the scene as a "minefield". Ellison, his wife and five-year-old child had sat in a plane on the tarmac at Terminal 1 for two hours after arriving from Paphos, Cyprus, at 2.
50am. He said that when his family of three got to baggage claim they found suitcases all throughout the hall with no indication of which carousel had received which flight. It took his family about 25 minutes to find their bags.
He said: "It was just pure luck my family's bags were close together, but on different belts." "Terminal 2 was absolute chaos..
. as you walk into it there was .
