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Exclusive: ‘The security staff were clearly overrun with people but they kept saying we’d all be fine and make our flights’

'They walked us to a door and said there'll be a representative on the opposite side...there was no one there'

One passenger described the queues as the "biggest they've ever seen"

The airport has faced many problems over the month

Daniel Riley, 43, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, was due to fly with his family to Crete from Manchester Airport but after a 48-hour wait TUI selected them for removal as the plane was too small

Laura Simpson, 35, spotted her family's missing suitcases, which contained vital items such as asthma medication, after happening upon an online article two days into her holiday

"Despite government warnings, operators seriously oversold flights and holidays relative to their capacity to deliver."

More than 30,000 of the travel firm's passengers due to fly from Manchester Airport had their getaways cancelled on Wednesday

She knew of plenty of nightmarish tales about Manchester airport chaos, but didn't expect to become the subject of one herself upon arriving in Spain and finding her suitcase missing

Two days into their holiday, Laura spotted an article on the Manchester Ev ening News website, which showed dozens of abandoned suitcases lining Manchester Airport 's baggage hall - including her family's mislaid ones

Laura said she spotted her family's luggage after watching a video on local media