Major travel disruption at airports [Video]

Long delays are breaking out at airports across the UK after the border force e-gate system was hit by a major glitch.

Airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Bristol, Newcastle and Manchester all confirmed a UK Border Force problem was causing delays late on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST), the BBC reports.

E-gates are automated gates that use facial recognition technology to check a person’s identity and allow them to enter the country without talking to a Border Force officer.

Photos on social media showed long queues in front of the gates at the airports. Some passengers posted messages how “e-gates are down”.

The airports said they were working with the Border Force to “minimise disruption”.

The UK Home Office, which manages Border Force, said it was working with the agency and impacted airports to …