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		</div><p>Stansted Airport has apologised after a fault with security scanners caused long queues and meant some passengers missed their flights.</p>
<p>The problem with the X-ray machines emerged at around 4.30am on Tuesday and was resolved by 8.15am, a spokeswoman for the Essex airport said.</p>
<p>Passengers posted photographs of large crowds inside the terminal building on social media.</p>
<p>One traveller, posting on Twitter with the username Kate-Elizabeth, wrote: <i>&#8220;All the scanners went down at Stansted Airport.</p>
<p>&#8220;There was a huge pile up, staff didn&#8217;t prioritise the times of anyone&#8217;s flights and Ryanair didn&#8217;t hold the flight for all those delayed.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was still on the tarmac when we all eventually got to the gate only to be told we couldn&#8217;t board.</p>
<p>&#8220;Missed flight so now in another huge queue with loads of others trying to get another one. All staff completely unhelpful.&#8221;</p>
<p>She added she was &#8220;quite honestly doing my best not to cry this morning&#8221;.<br />
Another passenger, Meagan Tetro, tweeted: <i>&#8220;Hundreds stranded at Stansted Airport due to their system failing. All missed flights and now stuck queuing.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>She went on to say she was in a queue with about 150 other people needing new flights, and described the situation as an &#8220;embarrassing show of service&#8221; from the airport and Ryanair.</p>
<p>A Stansted spokeswoman said: <i>&#8220;Due to a technical issue earlier this morning with a number of X-ray machines in the main security area, throughput capacity was reduced, taking extra time to process passengers.</p>
<p>&#8220;Engineers rectified the issue and additional measures were put in place to minimise the impact to passengers and assist them with their onward journey.</p>
<p>&#8220;We apologise for the inconvenience caused. The area has now returned to normal.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Stansted is the fourth busiest airport in the UK and is used by an average of 67,000 passengers each day.</p>
<p>A Ryanair spokesman said: <i>&#8220;While we regret any inconvenience caused by this power failure at London Stansted Airport, Ryanair is not responsible for airport security delays.&#8221;</i></p>
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