Border Force officials stationed at UK airports are reportedly struck with a "technical outage", having a disruptive knock-on effect on passengers.

By Victoria Chessum, Assistant News Editor

14:57, Thu, Apr 25, 2024 | UPDATED: 14:59, Thu, Apr 25, 2024

UK airports

Edinburgh Airport made the announcement and said its affecting all UK airports (Image: Getty)

A Border Force outage is affecting UK airports prompting chaos for travellers up and down the country. Edinburgh Airport posted the warning this afternoon (April 25) with no hint as to when the issue will be resolved.

A statement from bosses at the Scottish airport said: "Border Force is currently experiencing a nationwide technical outage affecting airports across the UK. This is resulting in longer wait times for arriving passengers.

"Our teams are in the arrivals hall providing support as partners from UKBF work to fix the issue." Border Force teams are also stationed at UK ports and the Channel Tunnel terminal, but it is currently unknown if this problem extends beyond airports.

This is a live blog. See below for the latest updates.

Are you affected? Email victoria.chessum@reachplc.com. 

3 mins ago14:57 Victoria Chessum

Pictures show huge '45 minute' queues

Reports from our sister website, EdinburghLive, say people have been queuing for 45 minutes. Pictures from the scene show travellers crammed in a tight corridor space as they await more news

Edinburgh Airport

Passengers plagued by delays at Edinburgh Airport (Image: Andrew Heald/EdinburghLive)

6 mins ago14:54 Victoria Chessum

Welcome to our live coverage

This is an ongoing, breaking incident with more information to come. Are you held up in delays? Get in touch by emailing: victoria.chessum@reachplc.com. 

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