6 min

May 8th - What's going on with the UK's eGates system Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

    • Places & Travel

Tens of thousands of airline passengers arriving at airports across the UK faced waits of several hours last night after another collapse of the eGates system that automatically check passports. The IT failure took over four hours to fix, during which time large queues built up.
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Tens of thousands of airline passengers arriving at airports across the UK faced waits of several hours last night after another collapse of the eGates system that automatically check passports. The IT failure took over four hours to fix, during which time large queues built up.
This podcast is free, as is the travel newsletter from The Independent. Sign up for it here.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6 min