AIRPORTS continued to face chaos yesterday – the day after many schools closed for the summer break.
Almost a million vacationers would leave the UK on flights this weekend.
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Long queues were featured on Heathrow and Bristol Airports.
And Manchester and Stansted also struggled with an influx of arrivals.
Social media was flooded with complaints about lost luggage is not restored.
A holidaymaker in Manchester told us: “We were packed like sardines. It was a mess.”
Photos even showed holidaymakers to stand in line outside in the car park near Manchester trying to get in.
It comes as a British Airways cabin crew member based at Heathrow told the BBC most long-haul flights were short of crew, which made the fatigue worse.
While flights are still staffed above legal minimums, he said the company was recruiting to fill the gaps, but it could be a “long process”.
And it comes when it turns up that a passenger with only one leg was left on a plane to… Manchester Airport and had to be rescued by the pilot after assistance personnel failed to rescue him.
David Judd, 54, who uses a prosthetic limb after a leg was amputated, was stranded after flying in from Spain on June 18.
David, who uses a wheelchair when he travels, waited about 30 minutes.
Wakefield’s voice over West Yorkclaims problems arose as soon as he arrived for his vacation.
He added: “We were there for about 35 to 40 minutes, waiting for someone to come and help us.”
Heathrow said yesterday it flowed well, with no major baggage issues.