Airport e-gate chaos suspected to have been caused by WiFi outage, it has emerged

Travel chaos at airports operating passport e-gates is suspected to have been caused by a Wi-Fi outage that knocked out a key database. Passengers hit by delays will be denied compensation, despite returning holidaymakers waiting for hours to pass through immigration. The e-gates failed at around 7.45pm on Tuesday, hitting thousands of passengers arriving back from extended May bank holiday breaks at the UK’s busiest airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle. Border Force officers were left to …