A power outage causes flight delays and cancellations

Flights leaving Manchester Airport in the UK today faced severe cancellations and delays after a power outage in the area will cause widespread disruption, an airport spokesperson said.

A significant number of flights, especially from the Terminals 1 and 2suffered delays or cancellations, the spokesperson continued.

The outage was first reported by SkyNewsthat has reported that a problem with the power supply It affected the airport and several other buildings.

Power has been restoredbut the impact will affect services throughout the day, the report added.

“Passengers who must travel from Terminals 1 or 2 are advised to Contact your airlines before coming to the airport.

In the past few hours, some passengers have spread images of hundreds of people waiting in the terminals or in the luggage area in the dark.

Passengers flying from Terminal 3 should come to the airport as usual, unless otherwise instructed by their airline, but may be affected by delays,” the airport spokesperson said.

More indications

The airport, with numerous flights to tourist destinations like Spainhas indicated in a statement that, due to the blackout that affected its facilities last night, passengers who had to leave terminals 1 and 2 should contact their airlines to check the status of their flights, as quite a few “They will probably have been canceled“.

Those leaving from terminal 3 can go there, although some routes will leave latehe declared in the note.

“The electricity has returned and we are working so that passengers who are already at the airport can get on the plane as soon as possible,” according to official sources.

This interruption has occurred at the beginning of the summer holiday season at the third busiest airport in the United Kingdom and the main airport in the north of England.