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LONDON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - London's Heathrow and Gatwick,
Britain's busiest airports, said on Friday the e-gates used to
control entry into the country had stopped working due to a
systems failure that was affecting multiple ports of entry into
Britain.
One passenger at Heathrow said it was chaos in the terminal,
with space to queue rapidly running out.
The e-gates are staffed and operated by Britain's Border
Force, a department of the interior ministry.
"Our teams are working with Border Force to find a solution
as quickly as possible," Heathrow said on Twitter.
Passengers at Heathrow had already endured lengthy queues
this summer as staff struggled to process COVID-19 documentation
in addition to passports and visas.
(Reporting by Sarah Young and Paul Sandle; editing by Guy
Faulconbridge)