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| Stansted airport hit by power failure | Stansted airport hit by power failure |
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| A power failure has affected a major holiday airport as travellers head off for the Christmas holidays. | A power failure has affected a major holiday airport as travellers head off for the Christmas holidays. |
| The failure at Stansted airport in Essex affected a satellite building and the track transit which takes passengers to the satellite for boarding. | |
| Stansted said neither the main terminal nor the runway were affected and that passengers were being taken by bus to their flights. On Christmas Eve last year, a power failure caused by flooding at Gatwick airport in West Sussex led to severe delays and a number of flight cancellations. | |
| Power was restored after two hours and Stansted reported that flights were operating, but with some delays. | |
| Frustrated passengers took to Twitter to complain. One tweet from Hail To The Street read: “Holiday craziness after power failure. Useless staff. No information. Appalling!!” | Frustrated passengers took to Twitter to complain. One tweet from Hail To The Street read: “Holiday craziness after power failure. Useless staff. No information. Appalling!!” |
| Another tweeter, named simply Annabelle, wrote: “No information and staff quite unhelpful.” | Another tweeter, named simply Annabelle, wrote: “No information and staff quite unhelpful.” |