Ryanair has reportedly suffered a major systems failure causing the airline's passengers to face disruption across the country.
One man flying from Bristol Airport tweeted he and his fellow passengers were having to I.D. their baggage before boarding their Ryanair flight this morning (September 14).
This disruption came as part of a "country-wide systems failure", according to the Mirror.
A Bristol Airport spokesman said the baggage issues were "a precautionary measure following an issue with the airline’s systems" which only affected one Bristol flight.
The budget airline confirmed the outage resulted in problems with airport check-ins and boarding across Europe.
'Carnage'
Graeme Jolly tweeted: "Confusion, chaos and absolute carnage right now at the check-in/bag drop desks at Rome Ciampino. 20minutes so far and no closer to desks. Totally unacceptable."
Another passenger quizzed the airline about a flight taking off.
Romana McCallum wrote: "Why is a flight allowed to leave when the boarding system crashes mid-boarding, leaving passengers at the terminal?
"Only 3/4 of our party made it through and the remaining 1/4 are stuck at Stansted. Utterly irresponsible, expensive and huge waste of time: Why?"
What Ryanair says
A Ryanair spokesman said: "This morning we suffered a system outage which caused some short delays at airport check-in and boarding.
"The system has been restored and flights are operating as normal. We apologise for any inconvenience caused."
Ryanair states on its website that people who do not check in online will be charged £55 per passenger to do so at the airport counter.
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