This is the moment enraged passengers at Manchester airport scramble behind the carousel curtain in an attempt to retrieve their misplaced luggage, causing police to intervene – as Ryanair’s CEO calls for the army to be deployed to aid with the’shambolic’ airport situation.
Long delays at airports around the country have continued to disrupt holiday plans for Britons. Today, holidaymakers have been waiting for more than ‘three hours’ to collect their luggage.
Hundreds of passengers’ travel plans for the Jubilee festivities have been thrown into chaos for the sixth day in a row, following a ‘terrible’ week of flight cancellations and excruciatingly long lines as the staffing crisis at Britain’s transport hubs continues to cause havoc.
After experiencing’serious delays,’ a group of returning travellers at Manchester Airport’s Terminal 3 took matters into their own hands and climbed behind the plastic barrier to get their luggage.
The tumultuous scenes were seen after passengers on a Ryanair flight from Porto, Portugal, arrived on Monday.
On Monday, a traveler returning to Terminal 3 on Ryanair from Porto, Portugal, reported three and a half hour delays in reclaiming baggage and bags. Armed cops are seen being called to the carousel amid tense scenes.
Ryanair’s chief executive, Michael O’Leary, 61, said on Thursday that ‘defense troops with experience providing security’ should be recruited in for the next ‘three to four months’ to assist alleviate the continued travel disruption at airports around the country.
‘Bringing in the army, as many other European airports do, will relieve the load on airport security and ensure that customers have a lot better experience – not just this weekend, but every weekend for the next three, four months,’ he told ITV News.
Britons returning from vacations have reported ‘three-hour delays’ at baggage reclaim at UK airports, as well as ‘abandoned’ luggage ‘left in stacks’ at Heathrow this morning. Travelers have also reported that ‘their luggage has been diverted to another airport,’ while others have reported their luggage missing entirely.