British tourists have been fainting as Spanish officials boosted security at Majorca’s Palma airport causing queues of up to 1,000 people.
Footage shows a sea of holidaymakers forced to wait in endless lines snaking through the terminal.
Passengers were told the delays were down to ‘increased security checks’.
Paramedics were put on standby to give medical assistance to anyone who was taken ill during the chaos.
The delays come amid frosty relations between Britain and Spain over the issue of Gibraltar’s sovereignty.
One passenger, Olli Astley, wrote on Twitter: ‘People passing out and huge problems at Palma Airport, staff have no clue what’s happening.’
Another said: added: ‘What is happening at Palma airport? Medics even on stand by as people were fainting.’
A Foreign Office spokeswoman told the Mirror there was ‘no evidence’ the security checks were related to the Gibraltar dispute and said the queues were down to the busy Easter weekend.
Source: Chaos for thousands of Easter tourists at Palma airport | Daily Mail Online
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