FORMER Strictly star John Whaite has expressed his fury after his flight was cancelled - leaving him stranded in Manchester Airport. John, who was also crowned winner of the third series of The Great British Bake Off in 2012, was set to jet off to Greece when a major power outage prompted clogging queues and flight cancellations. The 35-year-old promptly took to Instagram to vent his frustration.
Posting a selfie of himself rolling his eyes, he wrote: "Supposed to be going to Greece today. "But Manchester Airport is apparently a s**t show and @tuiuk have emailed to say don't leave home. "Has anyone got a Greek beach, simulation booth installed in their back garden I could lie in for a week?" It comes after passengers were left stranded for hours in "utter chaos" after all departing Manchester Airport flights were cancelled.
Screaming kids and marooned flyers have been "kicking off" at airline staff after all flights out of Terminals 1 and 2 were chalked off. Travellers have shared their nightmare experiences of standing in queues for hours and trying to find luggage amongst a sea of suitcases. Some furious passengers have reportedly been forced to jet off without their baggage on the plane.
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.
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