Passengers at Birmingham Airport this morning spoke of further long waiting times in the security queue. One holidaymaker described the scenes as a “health and safety disaster”.
The traveler estimated that there were more than 1,000 people waiting in line at 5:30 today, Thursday, June 27. He waited in line for an hour and still didn’t get to the elevators to go through security.
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One passenger told BirminghamLive: “We’ve been queuing for over an hour and still haven’t got to the lifts. It’s literally a health and safety disaster as the animals wouldn’t be treated so badly. I estimate there are around 1,000+ at 05:30 people. in the queue it’s something like a third world operation.” BirminghamLive has contacted the airport for comment on the latest situation.
To facilitate the situation, a temporary structure was erected to control the liquid. The queuing problems were said to be partly due to the government’s changes to the 100ml liquid carry-on maximum.
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satisfied customer
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He said “the animals wouldn’t be treated that badly” and likened the process to “running something like a third world operation”.
One passenger told BirminghamLive: “We’ve been queuing for over an hour and still haven’t got to the lifts. It’s literally a health and safety disaster as the animals wouldn’t be treated so badly. I estimate there are around 1,000+ at 05:30 people. in the queue it’s something like a third world operation.”
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‘Health and safety disaster’
Good morning.
Passengers at Birmingham Airport have again complained about queues this morning.
One claimed it was a “health and safety disaster”.