Trains between London Paddington and Heathrow terminals could be delayed by up to an hour due to the emergency services dealing with an incident between the stations.
Passengers queuing at Heathrow clapped as Border Force reopened after a widespread outage left travellers waiting hours to pass through passport control on Tuesday night (7 May).
A passenger has described the “torture” at Heathrow after a nationwide issue with Border Force e-gates caused significant disruption at airports across the country on Tuesday evening (7 May).
There were long queues at Heathrow on Tuesday evening (7 May) as a “nationwide issue” with Border Force e-gates caused significant disruption at airports across the country.
The main Border Force security database - called 'Border Crossing' which was introduced just under three years ago at a cost of £372million - appeared to have suffered a complete shutdown.
The problem is said to be affecting the e-gates system at a number of airports, including Heathrow, Stansted, Gatwick and Manchester. It has not yet been confirmed how many airports are affected
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