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Minister's sympathy for passengers who missed flights after airport security equipment failure

Picture credit: Manx Radio

Issues arose from scheduled shutdown of the system

Infrastructure Minister Michelle Haywood says she fully understands the anger and frustration felt by people who missed flights as a result of delays caused by weekend problems with security equipment at Ronaldsway Airport.

The issues arose during a scheduled shutdown of the system. 

Queues of passengers waiting to pass through the security area stretched to the rear of the Oasis Cafe, with some missing flights as a result.

Minister Haywood told Manx Radio what went wrong:
 
 

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