Thousands of people turned out in south Manchester this morning for the first Eid al-Fitr celebrations without coronavirus restrictions in two years.
Footage shows Manchester Airport passengers sandwiched into terminal as man says he's 'never seen anything like it'
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Shocking footage shows hundreds of Ryanair passengers sandwiched together inside a departures gate with 'no ventilation' at Manchester Airport. Holidaymakers travelling from the airport's Terminal Three on Tuesday (April 12) were reportedly left standing for an hour and a half after four flights scheduled to leave from the same gate at a similar time were delayed.
One man said he'd 'never seen anything like it' amid claims that people were calling out for assistance saying they weren't feeling well, and people using assistance trolleys were unable to get through.
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He said the departure gate had no ventilation and despite Ryanair operating a mask only flight policy, passengers were left queueing in the waiting area with 'zero' coronavirus precautions. It comes as holidaymakers reported further chaos at the airport, with huge delays, problems with baggage, and long queues due to ongoing staff shortages.
Gino Deblas, who was flying to Naples in Italy from gate 44, described scenes of carnage ahead of his Ryanair flight which was scheduled to leave at 5.45pm. Speaking to the M.E.N, he said: "That gate shares four departure doors. At the time there were four flights scheduled at around the same time as each other.
"One to Naples, Krakow, Palma and the fourth I can't remember. Effectively they called everyone as a last boarding call and packed everyone into one area. There was limited mask wearing inside the terminal departure area making it extremely difficult for anyone who was trying to stay COVID safe whilst travelling."
Gino said travellers spent around one and a half hours stood in a 'packed area' with 'no indication' of how long the
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