BIRMINGHAM Airport has reportedly seen two people being treated for hypothermia amid a second chaos at the site. Hundreds of people are believed to have been left standing in the cold today amid reports of problems at the airport. One X user wrote at 5.
18am today: "I’m typically British so not a natural complainer but this is a proper shambles. "Just treated two people for hypothermia." Another social media user posted images showing swathes of holidaymakers queuing outside.
She wrote: "Birmingham Airport is an absolute shambles. Glad I came 3 hours early now. "I can hardly see Departures but there’s hundreds in front of me just to get inside.
Oh and if you come by monorail they’ll just send you outside to join this [the queues]." It comes following a day of chaos for the airport yesterday, which saw furious passengers forced to wait in huge queues. Passengers due to fly from BHX were waiting outside the departure check-in areas before even reaching the security hall .
Holidaymakers vented their frustrations on social media, with one describing the airport as "carnage" and another saying the size of the queue was "disgraceful". A third said: "Travelling from Birmingham Airport is an absolute shambles. It has the longest queue for security that I’ve ever seen in my 49 years.
"And check in desks open 2 hours before, despite tickets recommending 3 hours. If you’re booking holiday now avoid it like the plague." A fourth posted: "As usual, chaos at Birmingham airport, st.