Scanner breakdown causes flight problems
09.07.10
Passengers missed flights at Liverpool Airport yesterday after newly installed X-ray scanners broke down, the Echo reports. The machines malfunctioned at one of the airport’s peak times for weekend getaways.
Liverpool Airport is going through a huge re-fit and opened its new ‘central search’ area this week. Six new Rapiscan security scanners were installed on Wednesday, but four of them broke down yesterday lunchtime. One was quickly fixed, but the other three were out of action for almost an hour, causing huge queues and meaning some passengers missed their flights.
The airport confirmed a number passengers missed a flight to Bordeaux, and passengers on other flights were also affected. A spokesman told the newspaper: ‘During our lunchtime peak, at one point we had four X-ray machines fail, so we were down to one-third of normal capacity to process a lot of passengers.'
‘It looks like teething problems. Engineers have been here, and they are remaining not just today but over the weekend to make sure that if we have any further problems, they are fixed as soon as possible.’
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