Airport chaos as Border Force IT systems COLLAPSE nationwide

There is ongoing chaos at airports across the UK tonight after Border Force IT systems collapsed nationwide in a 'major, major incident' leaving thousands of passengers trapped in queues. Chaos at Heathrow Airport as thousands of passengers are waiting in massive queues after an IT glitch took down the gates Long queues at Gatwick Airport as thousands of passengers are waiting for their passports to be checked The eGates at Edinburgh airport are closed after an IT glitch caused a nationwide outage Queues at Heathrow Airport are slowly moving after an announcement said the eGates were back up and running The walkway leading to passport control at Gatwick airport is full of people queuing for the Border Force Broken automatic passport scanning gates at Border Control at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex Queues build up at Border Control at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex The Border Crossing system checks travellers' names against terrorism records, the Police National Computer and immigration records. We've only just got out of Gatwick after waiting in huge queues of disgruntled travellers' Queues build up at Border Control at gatwick Airport in West Sussex Pictures shared on social media also show massive lines at Luton Airport Heathrow's Terminal 5 saw long queues of passengers tonight who were waiting to have their passport's checked Social media users have shared pictures of the queues, above at Heathrow Airport 'People are being typically British and taking it on the chin. People at Edinburgh Airport are checking for updates on their phones as they are waiting to be processed People can be seen taking pictures and videos of the crows at Heathrow Airport Thousands of people are neatly waiting in line at Heathrow airport, among them Felix Ostman, who expects to be stuck in the queue for 'a few more hours' Tired passengers are waiting in the hour-long queues at airports across the UK MailOnline reporter Rebecca Lawrence is among those stuck in the Gatwick queues. Passengers have started making their way through border control into the arrivals hall at Heathrow Airport A few people have since come out of the arrivals terminal at Heathrow Meanwhile many were waiting outside arrivals to pick up passengers stuck in the long queues for the Border Force Holidaymakers slowly come through the arrivals hall at Heathrow as their awaiting minicabs and chauffeurs face a large bill for parking in the short term car parks for hours as they wait for their customers to come through the busy airport The airline also told passengers that they would have to 'remain onboard the aircraft for a short period of time until the passport control area is less crowded.'