Britain’s Home Office has confirmed that border control systems have been restored after a breakdown that led to massive queues and chaos at the country’s airports. The incident, which was not attributed to a cyberattack, prompted border authorities to manually process passport holders.
In an emailed statement on Wednesday morning, the Home Office reassured that border security had not been compromised and there was no evidence of malicious cyber activity.
Heathrow, the UK’s largest airport, reported that all border airports were operating normally and operations were expected to be smooth as the morning resumed while London’s Stansted Airport also put in place outage solutions reported to the.
Long queues formed at British airports on Tuesday night as the Border Force faced a technical issue across the country. The incident led police to deal with passport holders manually. Major airports including Heathrow, Stansted, London Gatwick, Manchester and Edinburgh have acknowledged the problem. They have teamed up with Border Force officials to tackle it Sam Morter.
A passenger returning from a trip to Sri Lanka, described witnessing the chaos at Heathrow where all e-gates were offline. Despite the obstacles, the guns managed to reach the airport about 90 minutes later. Social media images showed queues at passport counters at Heathrow and Stansted airports.
A Home Office spokesman assured Reuters that efforts were being made to resolve the issue in cooperation with border guards and affected airports. Also, expressed regret over the inconvenience the passengers had caused. This incident follows a previous accident in May 2023 with the automatic border gate system, which caused similar problems and delays.
