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May 8th - What's going on with the UK's eGates system

May 8th - What's going on with the UK's eGates system

The UK's busiest airport was the location for some chaos on Tuesday night as the eGates system failed across the UK

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast · The Independent

May 8, 20246m 57s

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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.


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