Power surge at major UK airport causes delays to hundreds of flights

A power surge at Stansted Airport has caused hundreds of flights to be delayed.

Passengers at the airport in Essex have been left queuing for hours after the power supply problem caused security and baggage systems to go down.

Some 250 flights were delayed on Sunday, with six cancelled, according to flight tracking data from Flightradar24.

Stansted Airport said all their systems were operational again by the evening and apologised to travellers affected.

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A spokesperson for the airport added: "Due to a power surge earlier today that affected the airport and local area, a number of airport systems were temporarily impacted.

"All systems are now back in service with operational teams working hard to provide support to passengers on their journeys through the airport.

"We thank passengers for their patience and apologise for any disruption and inconvenience they may have experienced while services were being restored."

Earlier, Storm Boelo caused many railway lines to cancel trains across the weekend, including dozens of Stansted Express services.

Falling trees near Stansted Mountfitchet affected the power supply on Friday and again on Saturday when "significant damaged" was caused to overhead cables.

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