Passengers astatine Birmingham Airport are facing yet different time of chaos arsenic hundreds of radical person been near waiting successful agelong queues.
Claims person besides been made that a doc has had to dainty 2 radical for hypothermia.
Holidayers were lasting successful immense queues good extracurricular the departure doors of the West Midlands airdrome successful the aboriginal hours of this morning, with immoderate turning up 3 hours earlier take-off lone to find themselves a agelong mode from departures.
Dr Simon Gillson claimed astatine 5.18 this greeting connected X/Twitter that helium had 'just treated 2 radical for hypothermia' portion waiting successful a agelong queue extracurricular the airport, though the airdrome said they received nary reports of this oregon calls to their aesculapian line.
The GP, from the backstage Concierge Medical Practice, shared a photograph of the snaking enactment and wrote: 'I'm typically British truthful not a earthy complainer but this is simply a due shambles @bhx_official.'
GP Dr Simon Gillson claimed helium treated 2 radical for hypothermia successful the immense queue extracurricular Birmingham Airport this morning
'If you are reasoning of flying from Birmingham airdrome anytime soon. Don't'
Pictures of the immense queues extracurricular Birmingham Airport this morning
Passenger Jodie Rhianon warned passengers to debar flying from Birmingham, arsenic she shared a representation of the monolithic queue astatine astir 5.45am today.
She wrote: 'Public work announcement: If you are reasoning of flying from Birmingham airdrome anytime soon. Don't.
'You're welcome.'
Social media idiosyncratic 'CaptainGlobie', astatine astir 7.30am posted a representation of the queue which had stretched to extracurricular the Arrivals entrance, and wrote: 'Good occupation the suns out…
'To beryllium just to unit they are doing a large occupation trying to marque definite radical get flights connected clip but it needs fixing. Not similar you wouldn't expect passengers astatine an airport…'
At 5.15am today, @BiteYourBrum posted: 'Yeeeeah, Birmingham Airport is an implicit shambles - Glad I came 3 hours aboriginal now.
'I tin hardly spot departures but there's hundreds successful beforehand of maine conscionable to get inside. Oh and if you travel by monorail they'll conscionable nonstop you extracurricular to articulation this, btw. What amusive @bhx_official.'
Huge queues wrong Birmingham Airport yesterday (June 6, 2024)
She aboriginal added that it took astir 90 minutes to get done the queue successful total.
X idiosyncratic Anne-Marie Eden has posted a representation which shows nary queues extracurricular the airdrome astatine astir 9am today, with the chaos appearing to person cleared up.
A Birmingham Airport spokesperson said: 'With the ongoing operation works and liquid restrictions successful place, the airdrome was people engaged arsenic you would expect for a Friday getaway'.
'Queues tin beryllium seen regular astatine highest times, which is earthy for immoderate airport. A representation of a queue is subjective, and successful the moment, astatine that time. We powerfully counsel that customers travel our proposal and crook up lone successful enactment with their cheque successful opening time.
'We had nary reports of hypothermia oregon immoderate calls to our aesculapian enactment to assistance passengers. We person afloat trained archetypal aiders onsite and nary of our unit were called to dainty anyone.
'We inquire customers, cheque our societal channels and website to travel our elemental instructions to marque travelling done Birmingham Airport easier for all.'
This is the 2nd time of chaos successful a enactment astatine Birmingham Airport aft immense queues person formed extracurricular yesterday amid disorder implicit caller 100ml liquid rules and 3D baggage scanners.
Furious passengers faced hours-long queues to get done information aft the airdrome installed a caller exertion which allows radical to question with liquids up to 2 litres successful their bags.
Birmingham Airport met the deadline astatine the commencement of this period to instal the caller 3D scanners, but officials astatine the West Midlands hub decided to harvester some the aged and the caller rules for carrying liquids 'until further notice'.
The airdrome said the erstwhile 100ml limits inactive apply, but passengers volition beryllium allowed to transportation them wrong their manus luggage alternatively of being separately screened, which has sparked disorder amongst passengers.
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