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| Manchester Airport: Flight cancellations and delays amid fuel problem | Manchester Airport: Flight cancellations and delays amid fuel problem |
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| There are delays and cancellations at Manchester Airport after a "power issue" affected fuel supply. | There are delays and cancellations at Manchester Airport after a "power issue" affected fuel supply. |
| Flights to Tenerife, Belfast and Milan are among 69 cancelled, while others have been delayed by hours. | Flights to Tenerife, Belfast and Milan are among 69 cancelled, while others have been delayed by hours. |
| A Manchester Airport spokesman said: "Due to a power issue this afternoon there is currently an issue with the fuel supply at the airport. | A Manchester Airport spokesman said: "Due to a power issue this afternoon there is currently an issue with the fuel supply at the airport. |
| "Engineers are on site to fix the issue and we are working with airlines to try and minimise the impact." | "Engineers are on site to fix the issue and we are working with airlines to try and minimise the impact." |
| It is believed all fuelling at the site has stopped. | It is believed all fuelling at the site has stopped. |
| The airport, which is still open, urged people to check with their airline for information and updates. | The airport, which is still open, urged people to check with their airline for information and updates. |
| Passengers said they had been told the problems would last until at least 22:00 BST. | Passengers said they had been told the problems would last until at least 22:00 BST. |
| Some said they had been stuck on grounded planes for two to three hours. | Some said they had been stuck on grounded planes for two to three hours. |
| Of the 69 flight cancellations, 37 were arrivals and 32 were departures. | Of the 69 flight cancellations, 37 were arrivals and 32 were departures. |
| Graeme Forster, 37, from Queensferry in North Wales, and his wife were booked on the 15:45 Jet2 flight to Lanzarote. | |
| After waiting on the stationary plane for three hours, he and his fellow passengers were taken back into the terminal. | After waiting on the stationary plane for three hours, he and his fellow passengers were taken back into the terminal. |
| Mr Forster said: "I am severely annoyed as Jet2 are not being helpful. They have also said compensation is not an option as it's the airport's fault not Jet2." | |
| Ian Thornley, 29, had been booked on the 19:35 Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Manchester after spending the weekend in Ireland at a wedding. | |
| He said they were only told the flight had been cancelled at 21:30 and then had to queue for another hour to arrange a flight for Monday afternoon. | |
| The food retail project manager said: "When we got to the airport it was showing that the plane was going and then it kept saying it was delayed. | |
| "We were at the gate for two hours and it came up as cancelled. We won't be getting back to Manchester until Monday afternoon." | |
| Mr Thornley, who lives in Manchester, said he had been forced to phone his work to cancel meetings | |
| "I am going to have to do a five-day working week in four days now," he added. | |
| "A friend who was on a different airline's flight out of Dublin got to the runway and was kept out there for an hour before they brought the plane back." | |
| The airport spokesman said it "remains operational as not all flights are impacted, and passengers are advised to speak to their airline for specific flight information". |